Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, bow my knees in prayer.
2 (if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,
Surely you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,
3 that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
how God made the mystery known to me by revelation, just as I have written above in a few words.
4 by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ, )
When you read what I have written, you can understand my insight into 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 previous generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.
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;
This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of God's promise in Christ through 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.
I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the 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,
This grace was given to me, the very least of all the saints, to preach among the Gentiles the good news of the boundless 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 bring to light for everyone the plan of the mystery that has been hidden for ages in God, who created all things through 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,
The purpose of bringing this to light is that, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms,
according to the eternal purpose that God has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord. (aiōn g165)
12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.
Because of Christ and our faith in him, we have boldness and confident access to God.
13 Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, which will bring you glory.
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
For this reason I bow my knees in prayer before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,
from whom every 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;
I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he would grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
17 that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith,
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;
as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may be able to fully comprehend, together with all the saints, how wide and long and deep and high
19 and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God.
is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, so that you 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 to do immeasurably more than all we could ask or imagine, according to the power at work within us—
