Ephesians 3
1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles, —
On this account, I Paul am a prisoner of Jesus the Messiah, for the sake of you Gentiles:
2 if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;
if so be, ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which was given to me among you:
3 how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,
that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, (as I have now written to you in brief,
4 whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
so that while ye read, ye might be able to understand my knowledge of the mystery of the Messiah, )
5 which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto 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 legates and to his prophets, by the Spirit;
6 [to wit], that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
that the Gentiles should be sharers. of his inheritance, and partakers of his body, and of the promise which is given in him by the gospel;
7 whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
of which I have been a minister, according to the gift of the goodness of God, which was imparted to me by the operation of his power:
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
to me, who am the least of all the saints, hath this grace been given, that I should announce among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Messiah,
9 and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things; (aiōn g165)
and should show to all men what is the dispensation of the mystery, which for ages was hid up in God the Creator of all things: (aiōn g165)
10 to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,
so that, by means of the church, the manifold wisdom of God might become known to the principalities and powers that are in heaven:
which wisdom he arranged ages before, and he hath executed it by Jesus the Messiah our Lord; (aiōn g165)
12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
through whom we have boldness and access, in the confidence of his faith.
13 Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.
Therefore I pray, that I may not be discouraged by my afflictions, which are for your sakes; for this is your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,
And I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,
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 ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit; that in your inner man
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
the Messiah may dwell by faith, and in your hearts by love, while your root and your foundation waxeth strong;
18 may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and that ye may be able to explore, with all the saints, what is the height and depth, and length and breadth,
19 and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
and may know the greatness of the Messiah's love; and that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Now to him who is able, by his almighty power, to do for us even more than we ask or think, according to his power that worketh in us;
