Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
By reason of this grace, I, Paul, am a prisoner of Jesus Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles.
2 (if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,
Now certainly, you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which has been given to me among you:
3 that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
that, by means of revelation, the mystery was made known to me, just as I have written above in a few words.
4 by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ, )
Yet, by reading this closely, you might be able to understand my prudence in the mystery of Christ.
5 which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in [the power of the] Spirit,
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,
6 that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;
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.
7 of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.
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.
8 To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,
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,
9 and to enlighten all [with the knowledge of] what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things, (aiōn g165)
and to enlighten everyone concerning the dispensation of the mystery, hidden before the ages in God who created all things, (aiōn g165)
10 in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various wisdom of God,
so that the manifold wisdom of God may become well-known to the principalities and powers in the heavens, through the Church,
according to that timeless purpose, which he has formed in Christ Jesus our Lord. (aiōn g165)
12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.
In him we trust, and so we approach with confidence, through his faith.
13 Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Because of this, I ask you not to be weakened by my tribulations on your behalf; for this is your glory.
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
By reason of this grace, I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,
from whom all paternity in heaven and on earth takes its name.
16 in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man;
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,
17 that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
so that Christ may live in your hearts through a faith rooted in, and founded on, charity.
18 in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;
So may you be able to embrace, with all the saints, what is the width and length and height and depth
19 and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God.
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.
20 But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,
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:
