Ephesians 3
1 For this cause [[I bend my knees]], I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you gentiles;
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
2 if, indeed, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given me toward 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 revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—
4 whereby, when ye read, ye may perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ;
in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by 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 that the gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers with us of the 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 which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power.
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 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to make known among the gentiles the glad tidings of 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 to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery, which hath been hidden for 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 to the intent that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions might be known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,
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 whom we have our boldness and our access in confidence, through faith in him.
in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,
13 Wherefore I entreat you not to be disheartened by the troubles I am suffering for you, since they are your glory.
for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 For this cause I bend my knees to the Father,
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth receiveth its name,
of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,
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;
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 that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, ye having been rooted and grounded in love,
that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
18 that ye may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,
that you may be in strength to comprehend, with all the holy ones, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,
19 and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto 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 unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh 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,
