Ephesians 3
1 For this cause, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you the nations: —
For this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
2 If at least ye have heard of the administration of the favour of God which hath been given unto me for you,
(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,
3 [How that], by way of revelation, was made known unto me the sacred secret, —even as I before wrote in brief, —
that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
4 Respecting which ye can, by reading, perceive my discernment in the sacred secret of the Christ, —
by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ, )
5 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; —
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,
6 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, —
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;
7 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:
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.
8 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,
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,
9 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)
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)
10 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, —
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,
according to [the] purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord, (aiōn g165)
12 In whom we have our freedom of speech and introduction with assurance, through the faith of him; —
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.
13 Wherefore I request, that there be no fainting in my tribulations in your behalf, the which is your glory; —
Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 For this cause, I bow my knees unto the Father, —
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
15 From whom every fatherhood in [the] heavens and upon the earth is named, —
of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,
16 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,
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;
17 That the Christ may dwell, through means of your faith, in your hearts, in love, having become rooted and founded,
that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
18 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,
in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;
19 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:
and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God.
20 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, —
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,
