Ephesians 3
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 to you-ward:
3 - How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 - Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in 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 fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7 - Whereof 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 - To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
11 - According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12 - In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13 - Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 - Of 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 passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness 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.
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