Ephesians 3

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

1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,—

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

2if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;

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

3how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,

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

4whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

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 made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

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

6to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

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.

7whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

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

8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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 to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

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

10to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

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

11according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

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

12in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

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

13Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

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

14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,

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

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

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 he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

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

17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

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

18may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

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

19and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

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 unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

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

21unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.