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| Ephesians 3:1 | For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations, | For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles | For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles, |
| Ephesians 3:2 | (if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you, | if, that is, you have heard of the work which God has graciously entrusted to me for your benefit, | if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you; |
| Ephesians 3:3 | that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly, | and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you. | how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words, |
| Ephesians 3:4 | by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,) | By means of that explanation, as you read it, you can judge of my insight into the truth of Christ | whereby, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ; |
| Ephesians 3:5 | which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in [the power of the] Spirit, | which in earlier ages was not made known to the human race, as it has now been revealed to His holy Apostles and Prophets through the Spirit | 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; |
| Ephesians 3:6 | that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings; | I mean the truth that the Gentiles are joint heirs with us Jews, and that they form one body with us, and have the same interest as we have in the promise which has been made good in Christ Jesus through the Good News, | that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, |
| Ephesians 3:7 | of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power. | in which I have been appointed to serve, in virtue of the work which God, in the exercise of His power within me, has graciously entrusted to me. | whereof I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power. |
| Ephesians 3:8 | To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ, | To me who am less than the least of all God's people has this work been graciously entrusted to proclaim to the Gentiles the Good News of the exhaustless wealth of Christ, | To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, |
| Ephesians 3:9 | and to enlighten all [with the knowledge of] what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things, | and to show all men in a clear light what my stewardship is. It is the stewardship of the truth which from all the Ages lay concealed in the mind of God, the Creator of all things | and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ; |
| Ephesians 3:10 | in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various wisdom of God, | concealed in order that the Church might now be used to display to the powers and authorities in the heavenly realms the innumerable aspects of God's wisdom. | to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places, |
| Ephesians 3:11 | according to [the] purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord, | Such was the eternal purpose which He had formed in Christ Jesus our Lord, | according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus, our Lord; |
| Ephesians 3:12 | in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him. | in whom we have this bold and confident access through our faith in Him. | in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him. |
| Ephesians 3:13 | Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory. | Therefore I entreat you not to lose heart in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf, for they bring you honour. | Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory. |
| Ephesians 3:14 | For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ], | For this reason, on bended knee I beseech the Father, | For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, |
| Ephesians 3:15 | of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named, | from whom the whole family in Heaven and on earth derives its name, | from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, |
| Ephesians 3:16 | in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man; | to grant you in accordance with the wealth of His glorious perfections to be strengthened by His Spirit with power penetrating to your inmost being. | that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; |
| Ephesians 3:17 | that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love, | I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea, | that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, |
| Ephesians 3:18 | in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height; | as it is grasped by all God's people, of the breadth and length, the height and depth | may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, |
| Ephesians 3:19 | and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God. | yes, to attain to a knowledge of the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, so that you may be made complete in accordance with God's own standard of completeness. | and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to all the fullness of God. |
| Ephesians 3:20 | But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us, | Now to Him who, in exercise of His power that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely beyond all our highest prayers or thoughts | Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, |
| Ephesians 3:21 | to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen). | to Him be the glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, world without end! Amen. | to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. |
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