Ephesians 3
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Ephesians 3
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| For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,-- | For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles, |
| if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward; | If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you, |
| how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words, | How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter, |
| whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ; | By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ; |
| which in other generation was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; | Which 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; |
| [to 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, | Which 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, |
| whereof 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. | Of 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. |
| Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; | To 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: |
| and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things; | And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things; |
| to 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, | So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God, |
| according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: | Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord: |
| in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him. | By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him. |
| Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory. | For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory. |
| For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, | For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father, |
| from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, | From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, |
| that 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; | That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts; |
| that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, | So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love, |
| may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, | May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is, |
| and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God. | And 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. |
| Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, | Now 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, |
| unto him [be] the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen. | To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it. |
