Ephesians 3:12

Good News Translation

In union with Christ and through our faith in him we have the boldness to go into God's presence with all confidence.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In him we have boldness and confident access through faith in him.

King James Version (1611)
In whom we haue boldnesse and accesse, with confidence, by the faith of him.

King James Version
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

English Standard Version
in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.

New American Standard Bible
in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

New Century Version
In Christ we can come before God with freedom and without fear. We can do this through faith in Christ.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

Berean Standard Bible
In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God's presence with boldness and confidence.

Contemporary English Version
Christ now gives us courage and confidence, so that we can come to God by faith.

Complete Jewish Bible
In union with him, through his faithfulness, we have boldness and confidence when we approach God.

Darby Translation
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.

Easy-to-Read Version
In Christ we come before God with freedom and without fear. We can do this because of our faith in Christ.

Geneva Bible (1587)
By whom we haue boldenes and entrance with confidence, by faith in him.

George Lamsa Translation
In whom we have freedom of access with confidence in his faith.

Lexham English Bible
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through faith in him.

Literal Translation
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through His faith.

Amplified Bible
in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him [that is, our faith gives us sufficient courage to freely and openly approach God through Christ].

American Standard Version
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

Bible in Basic English
By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.

Hebrew Names Version
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
by whom we have freedom and access with the confidence of the faith of him.

Murdock Translation
through whom we have boldness and access, in the confidence of his faith.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
By who we haue boldnesse & entraunce in ye confidence which is by faith of him.

English Revised Version
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

World English Bible
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
By whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in him.

Weymouth's New Testament
in whom we have this bold and confident access through our faith in Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In whom we han trist and nyy comyng, in tristenyng bi the feith of hym.

Update Bible Version
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

Webster's Bible Translation
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him,

New English Translation
in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness.

New King James Version
in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.

New Living Translation
Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God's presence.

New Life Bible
We can come to God without fear because we have put our trust in Christ.

New Revised Standard
in whom we have access to God in boldness and confidence through faith in him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In whom we have our freedom of speech and introduction with assurance, through the faith of him; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

Revised Standard Version
in whom we have boldness and confidence of access through our faith in him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
by who we are bolde to drawe nye in ye trust which we have by faith on hi

Young's Literal Translation
in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
by whom we haue boldnesse and intraunce in all confidece thorow faith on him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
by whom we have freedom of access to God, with confidence, by faith in him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Because of what Jesus did for us, we can ride with God boldly and confidently.

Contextual Overview

¹ For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, pray to God. ² Surely you have heard that God in his grace has given me this work to do for your good. ³ God revealed his secret plan and made it known to me. (I have written briefly about this, ⁴ and if you will read what I have written, you can learn about my understanding of the secret of Christ.) ⁵ In past times human beings were not told this secret, but God has revealed it now by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets. ⁶ The secret is that by means of the gospel the Gentiles have a part with the Jews in God's blessings; they are members of the same body and share in the promise that God made through Christ Jesus. ⁷ I was made a servant of the gospel by God's special gift, which he gave me through the working of his power. ⁸ I am less than the least of all God's people; yet God gave me this privilege of taking to the Gentiles the Good News about the infinite riches of Christ, ⁹ and of making all people see how God's secret plan is to be put into effect. God, who is the Creator of all things, kept his secret hidden through all the past ages, ¹⁰ in order that at the present time, by means of the church, the angelic rulers and powers in the heavenly world might learn of his wisdom in all its different forms.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ephesians 2:18, John 14:6, Romans 5:2, Hebrews 4:14-16, Hebrews 10:19-22

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:8 - kill it Job 31:37 - as a Psalms 10:17 - thou wilt prepare John 14:13 - in my Hebrews 4:16 - come Hebrews 7:19 - we Hebrews 7:25 - by him Hebrews 10:22 - in full Hebrews 13:6 - boldly 1 John 5:14 - this

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him."

Genesis 2:20
So the man named all the birds and all the animals; but not one of them was a suitable companion to help him.

Genesis 2:22
He formed a woman out of the rib and brought her to him.

Genesis 3:13
The Lord God asked the woman, "Why did you do this?" She replied, "The snake tricked me into eating it."

Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel."

Genesis 3:20
Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings.

Genesis 3:21
And the Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife, and he clothed them.

Genesis 3:24
Then at the east side of the garden he put living creatures and a flaming sword which turned in all directions. This was to keep anyone from coming near the tree that gives life.

Job 31:33
Others try to hide their sins, but I have never concealed mine.

Proverbs 19:3
Some people ruin themselves by their own stupid actions and then blame the Lord .

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In whom we have boldness and access,.... Into the holy of holies, to the throne of grace there, and to God the Father, as seated on it: Christ is the way of access; union to him gives right of access; through his mediation his people have audience of God, and acceptance with him, both of person and service: and this access is with boldness; which denotes liberty of coming, granted by God, and a liberty in their own souls to speak out their minds plainly and freely; and an holy courage and intrepidity of soul, being free from servile fear, or a spirit of bondage; which is owing to the heart being sprinkled from an evil conscience, to an act of faith, on the person, blood, and righteousness of Christ, and to a view of God, as a God of peace, grace and mercy: and this access may be had

with confidence by the faith of him; with confidence of interest in the everlasting love of God; of relation to him, as a covenant God and Father; of his power, faithfulness, and willingness to fulfil his promises; of his hearing and answering prayer; of the fulness of Christ, the prevalence of his mediation, and of the acceptance of persons and performances through him; and of the work of grace being carried on till the day of Christ; and of entrance at last into the heavenly glory: and this access is not local but spiritual; it is by faith, and so is peculiar to believers; and the confidence with which it may be had, arises from its being by the faith of Christ; not that faith which Christ himself had, and exercised as man, but that of which he is both the object and author; or that by which souls believe in him for acceptance, for righteousness, for pardon, for every supply of grace, and for eternal life and happiness.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We have boldness - The word used here - παῤῥησίαν parrēsian - means, properly, boldness of speaking; 2 Corinthians 7:4; John 7:26; Acts 4:13, Acts 4:29, Acts 4:31. Here it seems to mean “freedom of utterance;” and the idea is, that we may come to God now in prayer with confidence through the Lord Jesus; see Hebrews 4:16.

And access - see notes Ephesians 2:18.

By the faith of him - By faith in him. The sense is, that we may now come confidently and boldly to the throne of grace for mercy in the name of the Redeemer. Boldness is not rashness; and faith is not presumption; but we may come without hesitating, and with an assurance that our prayers will be heard.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 12. In whom we have boldness — By whom we, Gentiles, have την παρρησιαν, this liberty of speech; so that we may say any thing by prayer and supplication, and την προσαγωγην, this introduction, into the Divine presence by faith in Christ. It is only in his name we can pray to God, and it is only by him that we can come to God; none can give us an introduction but Christ Jesus, and it is only for his sake that God will either hear or save us. It is on the ground of such scriptures as these that we conclude all our prayers in the name, and for the sake, of Jesus Christ our Lord.