Ephesians 3
1 For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -
2 if, indeed, you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
for surely you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God entrusted to me for you?
3 that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—
You have heard how by direct revelation the secret truth was made known to me, as I have already briefly written you.
4 in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
By reading what I have written, you can judge of my insight into that secret truth 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 was not disclosed to the sons of men in former generations, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets,
6 that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
namely, that in Christ Jesus the Gentiles form one body with us the Jews, and are coheirs and copartners in the promise, through 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;
It is of this gospel I became a minister according to the gift of the power of the grace of God, bestowed on me by the energy 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, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of 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 should make all men see the new dispensation of that secret purpose, hidden from eternity in the God who founded the universe, (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,
in order that now his manifold wisdom should, through the church, be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly sphere,
according to his 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 him we have this fearless confidence and boldness of access through our faith in him.
13 for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
So I beg you not to lose heart over my tribulations in your behalf; they are your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For this cause I bend my knees before the Father,
15 of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,
from whom every fatherhood 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,
praying him to grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in your inmost being;
17 that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
that Christ may make his home in your hearts through your faith; that you may be so deeply rooted and so firmly 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,
that you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is "the breadth," "the length," "the depth," and "the 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 may know the love of Christ which transcends all knowing, so that you may be filled with all the "plenitude" 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 unto him who, according to his might that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely more than all we ask or even think,
