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ephesians 3
1 - For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of ChristJesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
2 - if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
3 - how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
4 - by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
5 - 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;
6 - that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in ChristJesus through the Good News,
7 - 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.
8 - To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
9 - and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;
10 - 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,
11 - according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in ChristJesus our Lord;
12 - in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
13 - Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
14 - For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 - from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
16 - that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
17 - that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 - may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,
19 - and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 - 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,
21 - to him be the glory in the assembly and in ChristJesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
