以弗所书 3
保罗把福音传给外族人
1 因此，我这为你们外族人的缘故，作了为基督耶稣被囚禁的保罗，为你们祈求─2 想必你们听过 神恩惠的计划，他为你们的缘故赐恩给我，3 藉着启示使我可以知道这奥祕，就像我以前在信中略略提过的。4 你们读了，就可以知道我深深地明白基督的奥祕。5 这奥祕在以前的世代并没有让世人知道，不像现在藉着圣灵启示了圣使徒和先知那样。6 这奥祕就是外族人在基督耶稣里，藉着福音可以同作后嗣，同为一体，同蒙应许。7 我作了福音的仆役，是照着 神的恩赐；这恩赐是按着他大能的作为赐给我的。8 我本来比圣徒中最小的还小， 神还是赐给我这恩典，要我把基督那测不透的丰富传给外族人，9 并且使众人明白那奥祕的救世计划是甚么，10 为了要使天上执政的和掌权的，现在藉着教会都可以知道 神各样的智慧。11 这都是照着 神在我们主基督耶稣里所成就的永恒的旨意。12 我们因信基督，就在他里面坦然无惧，满有把握地进到 神面前。13 因此，我恳求你们，不要因着我为你们所受的苦难而沮丧，这原是你们的光荣。
基督的爱多么长阔高深14 因此，我在父面前屈膝，15-16 求他按着他荣耀的丰盛，藉着他的灵，用大能使你们内在的人刚强起来，17 使基督藉着你们的信，住在你们心里，使你们既然在爱中扎根建基，18 就能和众圣徒一同领悟基督的爱是多么的长阔高深，19 并且知道他的爱是超过人所能理解的，使你们被充满，得着 神的一切丰盛。20 愿荣耀归给 神，就是归给那能照着运行在我们里面的大能，充充足足地成就一切，超过我们所求所想的。21 愿荣耀在教会中和基督耶稣里归给他，直到万代，永世无穷。阿们。
Ephesians 3
Paul's Relationship to the Divine Mystery
1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesuss for the sake of you Gentiles –2 if indeeds you have heard of the stewardshipt of God’s grace that was given to me for you,3 thatt by revelation the divine secrett was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.ts4 When reading this,t you will be able tot understand my insight into this secrett of Christ.5 Now this secrett was not disclosed to peoplet in formert generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets byt the Spirit,6 namely, that through the gospels the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow memberst of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.7 I became a servant of this gospelt according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me byt the exercise of his power.s8 To me – less than the least of all the saintss – this grace was given,s to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ9 and to enlightent everyone about God’s secret plant – a secret that has been hidden for agest in Godt who has created all things.10 The purpose of this enlightenment is thatt through the church the multifaceted wisdomt of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.11 This was according tot the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,12 in whom we have boldness and confident accesst to Godt because oft Christ’st faithfulness.ts
13 For this reason I ask yout not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you,t whichs is your glory.t
Prayer for Strengthened Love
14 For this reasons I kneelt before the Father,s15 fromt whom every familyt in heaven and on the earth is named.16 I pray thatt according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,18 you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,s
19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up tot all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who by the power that is working within uss is able to do far beyondt all that we ask or think,
21 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
