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| Ephesians 3:1 | For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, | For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles | For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations, |
| Ephesians 3:2 | If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me on your account. | if, that is, you have heard of the work which God has graciously entrusted to me for your benefit, | (if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you, |
| Ephesians 3:3 | That by revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words; | and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you. | that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly, |
| Ephesians 3:4 | By which when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, | By means of that explanation, as you read it, you can judge of my insight into the truth of Christ | by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,) |
| Ephesians 3:5 | Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by 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 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, |
| Ephesians 3:6 | That the Gentiles should be joint-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel: | 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 [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; |
| Ephesians 3:7 | Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual 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. | 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. |
| Ephesians 3:8 | To 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; | 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, 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, |
| Ephesians 3:9 | 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: | 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 enlighten all [with the knowledge of] what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things, |
| Ephesians 3:10 | To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold 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. | 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, |
| Ephesians 3:11 | According to the eternal purpose 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] purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord, |
| Ephesians 3:12 | In whom we have boldness and access with 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 by the faith of him. |
| Ephesians 3:13 | Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at 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. | Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory. |
| Ephesians 3:14 | For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, | For this reason, on bended knee I beseech the Father, | For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ], |
| Ephesians 3:15 | Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, | from whom the whole family in Heaven and on earth derives its name, | of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named, |
| Ephesians 3:16 | That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; | 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. | 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; |
| Ephesians 3:17 | That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded 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 the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love, |
| Ephesians 3:18 | May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and highth. | as it is grasped by all God's people, of the breadth and length, the height and depth | in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height; |
| Ephesians 3:19 | And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness 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 the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God. |
| Ephesians 3:20 | Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh 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 | 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, |
| Ephesians 3:21 | To him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. | to Him be the glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, world without end! Amen. | to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen). |
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