Ephesians 3
1 By reason of this grace, I, Paul, am a prisoner of Jesus Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles.
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
2 Now certainly, you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which has been given to me among you:
if, indeed, you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
3 that, by means of revelation, the mystery was made known to me, just as I have written above in a few words.
that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—
4 Yet, by reading this closely, you might be able to understand my prudence in the mystery of Christ.
in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
5 In other generations, this was unknown to the sons of men, even 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 was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit—
6 so that the Gentiles would be co-heirs, and of the same body, and partners together, by his promise in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel.
that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
7 Of this Gospel, I have been made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which has been given to me by means of the operation of his virtue.
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 Although I am the least of all the saints, I have been given this grace: to evangelize among 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 enlighten everyone concerning the dispensation of the mystery, hidden before the ages 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 so that the manifold wisdom of God may become well-known to the principalities and powers in the heavens, through the Church,
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 we trust, and so we approach with confidence, through his faith.
in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,
13 Because of this, I ask you not to be weakened by my tribulations on your behalf; for this is your glory.
for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 By reason of this grace, I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 from whom all paternity in heaven and on earth takes its name.
of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,
16 And I ask him to grant to you to be strengthened in virtue by his Spirit, in accord with the wealth of his glory, in the inner man,
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 live in your hearts through a faith rooted in, and founded on, charity.
that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
18 So may you be able to embrace, with all the saints, what is the width and length 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 charity of Christ, and even be able to know that which surpasses all knowledge, so 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 all things, more abundantly than we could ever ask or understand, by means of the virtue which is at work in 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,
