| Ephesians 3 | ||
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| For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles-- | |
| if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you; | |
| that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. | |
| By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, | |
| which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; | |
| {to be specific,} that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, | |
| of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power. | |
| To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, | |
| and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; | |
| so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly {places.} | |
| {This was} in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, | |
| in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him. | |
| Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory. | |
| For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, | |
| from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, | |
| that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, | |
| so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; {and} that you, being rooted and grounded in love, | |
| may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, | |
| and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. | |
| Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, | |
| to Him {be} the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. |
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