Ephesians 3

1 For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles;2 If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you:3 How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words;4 As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,5 Which 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:6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and co-partners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel:7 Of 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:8 To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ,9 And 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:10 That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,11 According to the eternal purpose, which he made, in Christ Jesus our Lord:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.13 Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,15 Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named,16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man,17 That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that being rooted and founded in charity,18 You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth:19 To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.20 Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us;21 To him be glory in the church, and in Christ Jesus unto all generations, world without end. Amen.

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.