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Ephesians 3
KJV
King James Version · 1611
WEB
World English Bible · 2000
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 ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
2if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;
3How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
3how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,
4Whereby, when ye read, ye 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 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 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 fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ 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,
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.
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.
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;
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 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 make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid 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,
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 purposed 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 desire that ye faint not 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 unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,
15Of whom the whole family 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 with might by his Spirit in the inner 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 in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
18may be strong to apprehend 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.
19and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.