The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians

⭑ Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic ⭑

- Chapter 3 -

For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,

if, indeed, you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,

that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]—

in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit—

that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

of which I became a servant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;

to me—the less than the least of all the holy ones—was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news—the untraceable riches of the Christ,

and to cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that has been hid from the ages in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ,

that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly [places], through the Assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of Him,

for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Paul’s Prayer for the Ephesians

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,

that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened through His Spirit with might, in regard to the inner man,

that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,

that you may be in strength to comprehend, with all the holy ones, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,

to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that you may be filled—to all the fullness of God;

and to Him who is able to do exceedingly [and] abundantly above all things that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

to Him [is] the glory in the Assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you,

how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

and to make all men see what is the administration

(a)

of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In him we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

Paul’s Prayer for the Ephesians

For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,

and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Footnotes

(a)3:9 TR reads “fellowship” instead of “administration”