Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in 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,
if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;
3 that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words,
4 by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ, )
whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding 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,
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;
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;
[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,
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.
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.
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,
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;
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 make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which from all ages hath been hid 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,
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,
according to the 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 whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
13 Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Wherefore I ask that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,
15 of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,
from whom every family in heaven and on 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;
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;
17 that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and 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;
may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth 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.
and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness 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 that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
