Ephesians 3

¹ For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles--

² if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you;

³ that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.

⁴ And by referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

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 in the Spirit;

⁶ to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

⁷ of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.

⁸ To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

⁹ and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things;

¹⁰ in order that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

¹¹ This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

¹² in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

¹³ Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory.

¹⁴ For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father,

¹⁵ from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

¹⁶ that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man;

¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

¹⁸ may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

¹⁹ and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fulness of God.

²⁰ Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

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