Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
For this reason, I Paul, the prisoner of the Christ Jesus on account of you Gentiles,
2 Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
if, indeed, you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God, which was given to me for your benefit,
3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, (as I briefly wrote above,
4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
so that, when you read, you can see my understanding in the mystery of the Christ, )
5 which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
which, in other generations, was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in the Christ, through the gospel,
7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
of which I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me, in proportion to the energy of his power:
8 Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
to me, who am by far the least of all the saints, has this grace been given, that I might preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Christ,
9 and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. (aiōn g165)
and enlighten all men with respect to the plan of the mystery, which was concealed from the ages in God, who created all things; (aiōn g165)
10 His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
to the end that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known, through the church, to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly regions,
according to the arrangement of the ages, which he established by Christ Jesus our Lord, (aiōn g165)
12 In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
in whom we have boldness and access with confidence, through our faith in him.
13 So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
For which cause I beseech you not to grow faint on account of my afflictions for you, which are your glory.
14 ... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
from whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named,
16 I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
that he may grant to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be mightily strengthened by his Spirit in the inner man,
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith;
18 will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
that, being rooted and founded in love, you may be fully able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and hight,
19 of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
and to know the love of the Christ that passes our knowledge, that you may be filled with aft the fullness of God.
20 Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to his power which works in us,
