Ephesians 3

1For this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,

1For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles:

1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

2(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace ofGod which has been given to me towards you,

2If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you:

2If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,

3that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,

3How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words:

3How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

4by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,)

4As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,

4By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

5which 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,

5Which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit:

5Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

6that [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;

6That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body: and copartners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel

6Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,

7of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace ofGod given to me, according to the working of his power.

7Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power.

7Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

8To 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,

8To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ:

8To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

9and to enlighten all [with the knowledge of] what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages inGod, who has created all things,

9And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God who created all things:

9And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

10in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various wisdom ofGod,

10That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,

10So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

11according to [the] purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

11According to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord:

11Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

12in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.

12In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

12By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.

13Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

13Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

13For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.

14For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],

14For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

14For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

15of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,

15Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named:

15From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

16in 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;

16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man:

16That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;

17that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,

17That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,

17So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,

18in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;

18You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

18May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is,

19and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness ofGod.

19To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge: that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

19And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.

20But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,

20Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us:

20Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,

21to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen).

21To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations, world without end. Amen.

21To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.