Ephesians 3
1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
For this reason, I Paul, the prisoner of the Christ Jesus on account of you Gentiles,
2 if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you,
if, indeed, you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God, which was given to me for your benefit,
3 how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, (as I briefly wrote above,
4 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,
so that, when you read, you can see my understanding in the mystery of the Christ, )
5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,
which, in other generations, 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 Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in the Christ, through the gospel,
7 of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
of which I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me, in proportion to the energy of his power:
8 To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
to me, who am by far the least of all the saints, has this grace been given, that I might preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Christ,
9 and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages (aiōn g165) has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,
and enlighten all men with respect to the plan of the mystery, which was concealed from the ages in God, who created all things; (aiōn g165)
10 to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
to the end that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known, through the church, to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly regions,
according to the arrangement of the ages, which he established by Christ Jesus our Lord, (aiōn g165)
12 In him we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
in whom we have boldness and access with confidence, through our faith in him.
13 Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
For which cause I beseech you not to grow faint on account of my afflictions for you, which are your glory.
14 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
from whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named,
16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
that he may grant to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be mightily strengthened by his Spirit in the inner man,
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith;
18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,
that, being rooted and founded in love, you may be fully able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and hight,
19 and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
and to know the love of the Christ that passes our knowledge, that you may be filled with aft the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to his power which works in us,
