Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles –
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
2 For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,
if, indeed, you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,
3 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.
that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—
4 And, by reading what I have written, you will be able to judge how far I understand this hidden purpose of God in Christ.
in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,
5 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 –
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, 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.
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 this good news I become an assistant, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise 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 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,
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 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)
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 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,
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,
11 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)
according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord, (aiōn g165)
12 And in union with him, and through our trust in him, we find courage to approach God with confidence.
in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,
13 Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honor.
for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father –
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 from whom all ‘fatherhood’ in heaven and on earth derives its name –
of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,
16 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,
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 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,
that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
18 have the power to comprehend in all its width and length and height and depth,
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 understand – though it surpasses all understanding – the love of the Christ; and so be filled with 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 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 –
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,
