Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
2 Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
if, indeed, you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—
4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
5 which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
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—
6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
of which I became a servant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;
8 Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
to me—the less than the least of all the holy ones—was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news—the untraceable riches of the Christ,
9 and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. (aiōn g165)
and to cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that has been hid from the ages in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ, (aiōn g165)
10 His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
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,
according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord, (aiōn g165)
12 In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,
13 So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 ... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,
16 I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened through His Spirit with might, in regard to the inner man,
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
18 will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
that you may be in strength to comprehend, with all the holy ones, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,
19 of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that you may be filled—to all the fullness of God;
20 Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
and to Him who is able to do exceedingly [and] abundantly above all things that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,
