Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles —
2 since indeed ye heard of the administration of the grace of God, which was given to me for you,
For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,
3 that according to revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.
and also that it was by direct revelation that the hidden purpose of God was made known to me, as I have already briefly told you.
4 With which reading ye can recognize my understanding in the mystery of the Christ,
And, by reading what I have written, you will be able to judge how far I understand this hidden purpose of God in Christ.
5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.
In former generations it was not made known to mankind, as fully as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to the Apostles and Prophets among Christ’s People —
6 For Gentiles to be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and fellow partakers of his promise in the Christ through the good news.
That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the Good News, the Gentiles are co-heirs with us and members of one Body, and that they share with us in God’s Promise.
7 Of which I became a helper according to the gift of that grace of God, which was given to me according to the working of his power.
Of this Good News I became a minister, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise of his power —
8 To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ,
Yes, to me, who am less than the least of all Christ’s People, was this charge entrusted! — to tell the Gentiles the Good News of the boundless wealth to be found in the Christ,
9 and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages in God who created all things through Jesus Christ. (aiōn g165)
and to make clear what is God’s way of working out that hidden purpose which from the first has been concealed in the mind of the Creator of all things; (aiōn g165)
10 So that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principal offices and the positions of authority in the heavenly things, through the church,
so that now to the Archangels and to all the Powers on high should be made known, through the Church, the all-embracing wisdom of God,
in accordance with that purpose which runs through all the ages and which he has now accomplished in Jesus, the Christ, our Master. (aiōn g165)
12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through his faith.
And in union with him, and through our trust in him, we find courage to approach God with confidence.
13 Therefore I ask that ye not become discouraged at my tribulations on your behalf, which is your glory.
Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honour.
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father —
15 from whom every patriarchy in heavens and on earth is named.
From whom all ‘fatherhood’ in Heaven and on earth derives its name —
16 So that he would grant you, according to the wealth of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit for the inner man,
And pray that, in proportion to the wealth of his glory, he will strengthen you with his power by breathing his Spirit into your inmost soul,
17 for the Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith,
so that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ’s People,
18 having been rooted and grounded in love, so that ye may be able to grasp with all the sanctified what is the breadth and length and depth and height,
have the power to comprehend in all its width and length and height and depth,
19 and to become aware of the love of the Christ, which transcends knowledge, so that ye may be filled in all the fullness of God.
and to understand — though it surpasses all understanding — the love of the Christ; and so be filled to the full with God himself.
20 Now to him who is able to do above extraordinary-above all things that we ask or think-according to the power that works in us,
To him who, through his power which is at work within us, is able to do far more than anything that we can ask or conceive —
