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, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
surely you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me for you,
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 ‘secret’ (as I have written briefly already,
4 in regard to which ye are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
with reference to which, when you read, you can understand my insight into Christ's secret),
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 different generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:
6 that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
that the Gentiles are joint-heirs, of the same body, and fellow partakers of His promise in the Christ through the Gospel,
7 of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;
of which I became a servant according to the gift of God's grace, the gift given to me according to the outworking of His power.
8 to me — the less than the least of all the saints — was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news — the untraceable riches of the Christ,
To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
9 and to cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ, (aiōn g165)
and to enlighten all as to the program of the secret that from the beginning of the ages has been hidden by the God who created all things through 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, through the Church, the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms,
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished by 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 the boldness and the access with confidence through faith in Him.
13 wherefore, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Therefore I ask that you not lose heart at my afflictions on your behalf, which is your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For this reason 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,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its name,
16 that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,
that He[F] may grant you, according to the riches of His glory: 1) to be strengthened with power by His Spirit in the inner man;
17 that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,
2) Christ to dwell in your hearts through the Faith, having been rooted and established in love
18 that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,
so that you may be fully able to grasp (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 ye may be filled — to all the fulness of God;
and 3) to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge—so that you may be fulfilled into all the fullness of God.
20 and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to the power that is working in us,
