Haweis - Ephesians - 3

3:1  FOR this cause am I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

3:2  if so be, that ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you:

3:3  that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote unto you before briefly;

3:4  wherein when ye read, ye may be able to perceive my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,

3:5  which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it hath been now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

3:6  that the Gentiles should be co-heirs, and of the same body, and sharers with them of his promise in Christ by the Gospel:

3:7  of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which was given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

3:8  To 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;

3:9  and to make all men see what the communication of that mystery means, which was hid from the beginning in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

3:10  that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions, the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church,

3:11  according to the purpose from everlasting, which he formed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

3:12  in whom we have boldness and access with confidence to God by the faith of him.

3:13  Wherefore 1 beseech you, that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

3:14  For this end I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

3:15  of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named;

3:16  that he would give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man;

3:17  that Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that rooted and grounded in love,

3:18  ye may be strengthened to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth and length, and height and depth;

3:19  and to know the love of Christ, transcendently surpassing knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fulness of God.

3:20  Now to him that is able to do above all things, exceeding abundantly, beyond what we ask or think, according to the power which effectually worketh in us;

3:21  to him be glory in the church, in Christ Jesus, unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.