Worsley - Ephesians - 3

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

3:2  as ye have heard the dispensation of the grace of God, which was given me to preach unto you:

3:3  that by immediate revelation He made known to me the mystery, (as I wrote before in brief, by which,

3:4  when ye read it, ye may perceive my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,)

3:5  which in other generations was not made known to men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be co-heirs,

3:6  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 grace of God conferred on me by the effectual operation of his power.

3:8  On me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace bestowed, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

3:9  and make all men to see the communication of the mystery, which from the ages past hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ;

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

3:11  according to the ancient purpose, which He executed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

3:12  by whom we have freedom and access with confidence through faith in Him.

3:13  Wherefore I desire that ye would not be discouraged at my afflictions on your account, which is your glory.

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

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

3:16  that He would grant you, according to his glorious riches, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit, as to the inner man;

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

3:18  that ye may be able, with all the saints, to comprehend what is the breadth, and length, and depth,

3:19  and height, and to know the love of Christ, which surpasseth knowledge; that ye may be filled according to the abundant fulness of God.

3:20  Now to Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power operating in us,

3:21  to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all the generations of eternal ages. Amen.