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Ephesians 3

Third Millennium Bible TMB

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

2 if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me toward you,

3 how by revelation He made known unto me the mystery (as I wrote before in a few words,

4 whereby when ye read this, ye may understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ),

5 which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:

6 that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the Gospel,

7 for which I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of His power.

8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

9 and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ,

10 with the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

11 according to the eternal purpose which He hath purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of Him.

13 Therefore, I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

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

15 from whom the whole family in Heaven and earth is named,

16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;

17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height,

19 and to know the love of Christ, which surpasseth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

21 unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 This is the reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus for those of you who are not Jewish.

2 Certainly, you have heard how God gave me the responsibility of bringing his kindness to you.

3 You have heard that he let me know this mystery through a revelation. I've already written to you about this briefly.

4 When you read this, you'll see that I understand the mystery about Christ.

5 In the past, this mystery was not known by people as it is now. The Spirit has now revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.

6 This mystery is the Good News that people who are not Jewish have the same inheritance as Jewish people do. They belong to the same body and share the same promise that God made in Christ Jesus.

7 I became a servant of this Good News through God's kindness freely given to me when his power worked [in me].

8 I am the least of all God's people. Yet, God showed me his kindness by allowing me to spread the Good News of the immeasurable wealth of Christ to people who are not Jewish.

9 He allowed me to explain the way this mystery works. God, who created all things, kept it hidden in the past.

10 He did this so that now, through the church, he could let the rulers and authorities in heaven know his infinite wisdom.

11 This was God's plan for all of history which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

12 We can go to God with bold confidence through faith in Christ.

13 So then, I ask you not to become discouraged by the troubles I suffer for you. In fact, my troubles bring you glory.

14 This is the reason I kneel in the presence of the Father

15 from whom all the family in heaven and on earth receives its name.

16 I'm asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of his glory. I pray that he would give you inner strength and power through his Spirit.

17 Then Christ will live in you through faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation.

18 This way, with all of God's people you will be able to understand how wide, long, high, and deep his love is.

19 You will know Christ's love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God.

20 Glory belongs to God, whose power is at work in us. By this power he can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.

21 Glory belongs to God in the church and in Christ Jesus for all time and eternity! Amen.