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

3:2  if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you;

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

3:4  By referring to this, when you read you can 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 in the Spirit;

3:6  {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,

3:7  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.

3:8  To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

3:9  and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;

3:10  so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly {places.}

3:11  {This was} in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

3:12  in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

3:13  Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory.

3:14  For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

3:15  from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

3:16  that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,

3:17  so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; {and} that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

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

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

3:20  Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

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