Ephesians 3

  1. Verse 1. For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
  2. Verse 2. Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
  3. Verse 3. that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
  4. Verse 4. In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
  5. Verse 5. which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
  6. Verse 6. This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
  7. Verse 7. I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
  8. Verse 8. Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  9. Verse 9. and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
  10. Verse 10. His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
  11. Verse 11. according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  12. Verse 12. In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
  13. Verse 13. So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
  14. Verse 14. ... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
  15. Verse 15. from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
  16. Verse 16. I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
  17. Verse 17. so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
  18. Verse 18. will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
  19. Verse 19. of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  20. Verse 20. Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
  21. Verse 21. to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.