Ephesians 3
1 For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2 if, indeed, you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
If you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—
How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery; (as I wrote before in few words,
4 in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
Whereby, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in 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 the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
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 became a servant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was 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—the less than the least of all the holy ones—was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news—the untraceable 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 cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that has been hid from the ages in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ, (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 that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly [places], through the Assembly, the manifold 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 the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13 for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in 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 cause 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 the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened through His Spirit with might, in regard to 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 the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 that you may be in strength to comprehend, with all the holy ones, 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 to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that you may be filled—to all the fullness of God;
And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 and to Him who is able to do exceedingly [and] abundantly above all things that we ask or think, according to the power that is working 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,
