LEB - Ephesians - 3

3:1  On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles

3:2  —if indeed you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace given to me for you.

3:3  According to revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,

3:4  so that you may be able when you read to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ

3:5  (which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit):

3:6  that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow sharers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

3:7  of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace given to me, according to the working of his power.

3:8  To me, the least of all the saints, was given this grace: to proclaim the good news of the fathomless riches of Christ to the Gentiles,

3:9  and to enlighten everyone as to what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages by God, who created all things,

3:10  in order that the many-sided wisdom of God might be made known now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places through the church,

3:11  according to the purpose of the ages which he carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

3:12  in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through faith in him.

3:13  Therefore I ask you not to be discouraged at my afflictions on behalf of you, which are your glory.

3:14  On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,

3:15  from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

3:16  that he may grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

3:17  that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love),

3:18  in order that you may be strong enough to grasp together with all the saints what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth,

3:19  and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

3:20  Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,

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