Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2 (if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,
If you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery; (as I wrote before in few words,
4 by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ, )
Whereby, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in [the power of the] Spirit,
Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;
That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7 of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of his power.
8 To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,
To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 and to enlighten all [with the knowledge of] what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things, (aiōn g165)
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: (aiōn g165)
10 in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various wisdom of God,
To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: (aiōn g165)
12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13 Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Why I desire that you faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man;
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God.
And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,
Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
