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Ephesians 3
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King James Version · 1611
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Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
1For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles:
2If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
2If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you:
3How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
3How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words:
4Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
4As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,
5Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by 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:
6That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
6That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body: and copartners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel
7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual 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.
8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
8To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ:
9And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus 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:
10To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
10That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,
11According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
11According to the eternal purpose which he made 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 with confidence by the faith of him.
13Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
13Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
14For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
15Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named:
16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might 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:
17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
17That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,
18May be able to comprehend with all 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,
19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
19To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge: that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.