Ephesians 3
1 For this cause I Paul am the prisoner of Jesus Christ for the sake of you Gentiles:
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
2 as ye have heard the dispensation of the grace of God, which was given me to preach unto 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 immediate revelation He made known to me the mystery, (as I wrote before in brief, by which,
that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—
4 when ye read it, ye may perceive my knowledge in 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 men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be co-heirs,
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 and of the same body, and joint-partakers of his promise in Christ, by 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 was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God conferred on me by the effectual operation 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 On me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace bestowed, that I should preach among the Gentiles 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 and make all men to see the communication of the mystery, which from the ages past hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ; (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 that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions;
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 by whom we have freedom and access with confidence through faith in Him.
in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,
13 Wherefore I desire that ye would not be discouraged at my afflictions on your account, which is 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 bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 from whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named,
of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,
16 that He would grant you, according to his glorious riches, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit, as to 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: and be ye 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, with all the saints, to comprehend what is the breadth, and length, 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 height, and to know the love of Christ, which surpasseth knowledge; that ye may be filled according to the abundant fulness 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 to Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power operating 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,
