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Ephesians 3

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 It is a consequence of this that I, Sha'ul, am a prisoner of the Messiah Yeshua on behalf of you Gentiles.

2 I assume that you have heard of the work God in his grace has given me to do for your benefit,

3 and that it was by a revelation that this secret plan was made known to me. I have already written about it briefly,

4 and if you read what I have written, you will grasp how I understand this secret plan concerning the Messiah.

5 In past generations it was not made known to mankind, as the Spirit is now revealing it to his emissaries and prophets,

6 that in union with the Messiah and through the Good News the Gentiles were to be joint heirs, a joint body and joint sharers with the Jews in what God has promised.

7 I became a servant of this Good News by God's gracious gift, which he gave me through the operation of his power.

8 To me, the least important of all God's holy people, was given this privilege of announcing to the Gentiles the Good News of the Messiah's unfathomable riches,

9 and of letting everyone see how this secret plan is going to work out. This plan, kept hidden for ages by God, the Creator of everything,

10 is for the rulers and authorities in heaven to learn, through the existence of the Messianic Community, how many-sided God's wisdom is.

11 This accords with God's age-old purpose, accomplished in the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord.

12 In union with him, through his faithfulness, we have boldness and confidence when we approach God.

13 So I ask you not to be discouraged by the troubles I endure on your behalf - it is all for your glory.

14 For this reason, I fall on my knees before the Father,

15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its character.

16 I pray that from the treasures of his glory he will empower you with inner strength by his Spirit,

17 so that the Messiah may live in your hearts through your trusting. Also I pray that you will be rooted and founded in love,

18 so that you, with all God's people, will be given strength to grasp the breadth, length, height and depth of the Messiah's love,

19 yes, to know it, even though it is beyond all knowing, so that you will be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to him who by his power working in us is able to do far beyond anything we can ask or imagine,

21 to him be glory in the Messianic Community and in the Messiah Yeshua from generation to generation forever. Amen.

The Bible in Basic English BBE

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

2 If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,

3 How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

4 By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

5 Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

6 Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,

7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

9 And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

11 Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

12 By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.

13 For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.

14 For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

15 From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

16 That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;

17 So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,

18 May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is,

19 And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.

20 Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,

21 To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.