LO - Ephesians - 3

3:1  For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

3:2  if, indeed, you have heard of the administration of the favor of God, which was given me for you,

3:3  that by revelation the secret was made known to me, (as I wrote before in a few words;

3:4  by which, when you read, you may perceive my knowledge of the secret of Christ,)

3:5  which in former ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy Apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

3:6  that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and joint partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel;

3:7  of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the favor of God which was given to me, according to the energy of his power;--

3:8  to me, the least of saints, was this favor given, to publish among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ;

3:9  and to make all see what is the administration of the secret, which has been hid from the ages by God, who created all things.

3:10  That now, to the government and powers in the heavenly regions, might be made known by the congregation the manifold wisdom of God;

3:11  according to the predisposition of the ages, which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord:

3:12  in whom we have liberty of speech, and introduction with confidence, through the faith of him.

3:13  Wherefore, I request that you faint not at my afflictions for you, which is your glory.

3:14  On this account, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

3:16  praying that, according to the riches of his glory, he would grant you to be mightily strengthened by his Spirit in the inward man:

3:17  that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that, being rooted and founded in love, you

3:18  may be completely able to apprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and hight,--

3:19  even to know the love of Christ; which surpasses knowledge; that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

3:20  Now, to him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power which works effectually in us,--

3:21  to him be glory in the congregation by Christ Jesus, during all the endless successions of ages. Amen.