Ephesians 3
1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Yahushua the Messiah for you Gentiles,
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles –
2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the favour of YHWH which is given me to you-ward:
For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
and also that it was by direct revelation that the hidden purpose of God was made known to me, as I have already briefly told you.
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of the Messiah)
And, by reading what I have written, you will be able to judge how far I understand this hidden purpose of God in Christ.
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
In former generations it was not made known to humanity, as fully as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to the apostles and prophets among Christ’s people –
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in the Messiah by the gospel:
That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the good news, the Gentiles are coheirs with us and members of one body, and that they share with us in God’s Promise.
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the favour of YHWH given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Of this good news I become an assistant, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise of his power –
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this favour given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Messiah;
Yes, to me, who am less than the least of all Christ’s people, was this charge entrusted! – to tell the Gentiles the good news of the boundless wealth to be found in the Christ,
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in YHWH, who created all things by Yahushua the Messiah: (aiōn g165)
and to make clear what is God’s way of working out that hidden purpose which from the first has been concealed in the mind of the Creator of all things; (aiōn g165)
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the assembly the manifold wisdom of YHWH,
so that now to the archangels and to all the powers on high should be made known, through the church, the all-embracing wisdom of God,
11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in the Messiah Yahushua our Master: (aiōn g165)
in accordance with that purpose which runs through all the ages and which he has now accomplished in Jesus, the Christ, our Master. (aiōn g165)
12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
And in union with him, and through our trust in him, we find courage to approach God with confidence.
13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honour.
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Master Yahushua the Messiah,
For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father –
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
from whom all “fatherhood” in heaven and on earth derives its name –
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
and pray that, in proportion to the wealth of his glory, he will strengthen you with his power by breathing his Spirit into your inmost soul,
17 That the Messiah may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
so that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; and I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ’s people,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
have the power to comprehend in all its width and length and height and depth,
19 And to know the love of the Messiah, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of YHWH.
and to understand – though it surpasses all understanding – the love of the Christ; and so be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 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,
To him who, through his power which is at work within us, is able to do far more than anything that we can ask or conceive –
