3:1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles, |
3:2 If indeed you have heard of the ministry of the grace of God that was given to me for you; |
3:3 How He made known to me by revelation the mystery (even as I wrote briefly before, |
3:4 So that when you read this, you will be able to comprehend my understanding in 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 by the Spirit; |
3:6 That the Gentiles might be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, |
3:7 Of which I became a servant according to the gift of the grace of God, which was given to me through the inner working of His power. |
3:8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, that I might preach the gospel among the Gentiles— even the unsearchable riches of Christ; |
3:9 And that I might enlighten all as to what is the fellowship of the mystery that has been hidden from the ages in God, Who created all things by Jesus Christ; |
3:10 So that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places, |
3:11 According to His eternal purpose, which He has wrought in Christ Jesus our Lord, |
3:12 In Whom we have boldness and direct access with confidence through His very own faith. |
3:13 So then, I beseech you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which are working for your glory. |
3:14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
3:15 Of Whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, |
3:16 That He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power by His Spirit in the inner man; |
3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; |
3:18 And that being rooted and grounded in love, you may be fully able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height, |
3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which surpasses human knowledge; so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. |
3:20 Now to Him Who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, |
3:21 To Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all generations, even into the ages of eternity. Amen. |