Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf 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,
for surely you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God entrusted to me for you?
3 that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
You have heard how by direct revelation the secret truth was made known to me, as I have already briefly written you.
4 by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ, )
By reading what I have written, you can judge of my insight into that secret truth 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,
which was not disclosed to the sons of men in former generations, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets,
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;
namely, that in Christ Jesus the Gentiles form one body with us the Jews, and are coheirs and copartners in the promise, 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.
It is of this gospel I became a minister according to the gift of the power of the grace of God, bestowed on me by the energy of his power.
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,
To me, who am less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of 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 should make all men see the new dispensation of that secret purpose, hidden from eternity in the God who founded the universe, (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,
in order that now his manifold wisdom should, through the church, be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly sphere,
according to his eternal purpose which he purposed 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 have this fearless confidence and boldness of access through our faith in him.
13 Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
So I beg you not to lose heart over my tribulations in your behalf; they are your glory.
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
For this cause I bend my knees before the Father,
15 of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,
from whom every fatherhood in heaven and earth is named,
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;
praying him to grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in your inmost being;
17 that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
that Christ may make his home in your hearts through your faith; that you may be so deeply rooted and so firmly grounded in love,
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;
that you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is "the breadth," "the length," "the depth," and "the height,"
19 and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God.
and may know the love of Christ which transcends all knowing, so that you may be filled with all the "plenitude" 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 unto him who, according to his might that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely more than all we ask or even think,
