Ephesians 3

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

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

2if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,

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

3that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few <FI>words<Fi> --

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

4in regard to which ye are able, reading <FI>it<Fi> , to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,

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

5which 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--

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 nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

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

7of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was 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.

8to me--the less than the least of all the saints--was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news--the untraceable 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:

9and to cause all to see what <FI>is<Fi> the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create 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:

10that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly <FI>places<Fi> , through the assembly, 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 a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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

12in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him,

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

13wherefore, I ask <FI>you<Fi> not to faint in 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 the heavens and on earth is named,

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

16that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to 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 the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

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

18that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what <FI>is<Fi> 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,

19to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled--to 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.

20and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working 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:

21to Him <FI>is<Fi> the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

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