Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
On this account, I Paul am a prisoner of Jesus the Messiah, for the sake of 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 so be, ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which was given to me among you:
3 that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, (as I have now written to you in brief,
4 by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ, )
so that while ye read, ye might be able to understand my knowledge of the mystery of the Messiah, )
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 generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy legates and to his 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 sharers. of his inheritance, and partakers of his body, and of the promise which is given in him 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.
of which I have been a minister, according to the gift of the goodness of God, which was imparted to me by the operation 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 the least of all the saints, hath this grace been given, that I should announce among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Messiah,
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 should show to all men what is the dispensation of the mystery, which for ages was hid up in God the Creator of all things: (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,
so that, by means of the church, the manifold wisdom of God might become known to the principalities and powers that are in heaven:
which wisdom he arranged ages before, and he hath executed it by Jesus the Messiah our Lord; (aiōn g165)
12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.
through whom we have boldness and access, in the confidence of his faith.
13 Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Therefore I pray, that I may not be discouraged by my afflictions, which are for your sakes; for this is your glory.
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
And I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,
15 of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,
from whom the whole family in heaven and on 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; that in your inner man
17 that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
the Messiah may dwell by faith, and in your hearts by love, while your root and your foundation waxeth strong;
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;
and that ye may be able to explore, with all the saints, what is the height and depth, and length and breadth,
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 may know the greatness of the Messiah's love; and that ye may 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 who is able, by his almighty power, to do for us even more than we ask or think, according to his power that worketh in us;
