Ephesians 3
1 FOR this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
For this cause, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you the nations: —
2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
If at least ye have heard of the administration of the favour of God which hath been given unto me for you,
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
[How that], by way of revelation, was made known unto me the sacred secret, —even as I before wrote in brief, —
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Respecting which ye can, by reading, perceive my discernment in the sacred secret of the Christ, —
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
Which, in other generations, had not been made known unto the sons of men, as it hath, now, been revealed by his holy apostles and prophets, in Spirit; —
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
That they who are of the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through means of the glad-message, —
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Of which I was made a minister, according to the free-gift of the favour of God which was given unto me, according to the energy of his power:
8 Unto 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;
Unto me—the less than least of all saints, was given this favour, unto the nations, to announce the glad-message of the untraceable riches of the Christ,
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: (aiōn g165)
And to bring to light—what is the administration of the sacred secret which had been hidden away from the ages in God, who did all things create: (aiōn g165)
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
In order that now, unto the principalities and the authorities in the heavenlies, might be made known, through means of the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God, —
According to a plan of the ages which he made in the anointed Jesus our Lord, — (aiōn g165)
12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
In whom we have our freedom of speech and introduction with assurance, through the faith of him; —
13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Wherefore I request, that there be no fainting in my tribulations in your behalf, the which is your glory; —
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For this cause, I bow my knees unto the Father, —
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
From whom every fatherhood in [the] heavens and upon the earth is named, —
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
In order that he may give unto you—according to his glorious riches, with power, to be strengthened, through his Spirit, in the inner man,
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
That the Christ may dwell, through means of your faith, in your hearts, in love, having become rooted and founded,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
In order that ye may be mighty enough to grasp firmly, with all the saints, —what is the breadth and length and depth and height,
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
To get to know, also, the knowledge-surpassing, love of the Christ, —in order that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God:
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Now, unto him who is able to do, above all things, exceeding abundantly above the things which we ask or conceive, —according to the power which doth energise itself within us, —
