Ephesians 3
The Mystery of Christ Revealed
3For this reason I, Paul, athe prisoner of bChrist Jesus con behalf of you dGentiles— 2if indeed you heard of the astewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you; 3athat bby revelation there was cmade known to me dthe mystery, eas I wrote before in brief. 4About which, when you read you can understand amy insight 1into the bmystery of Christ, 5which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy aapostles and prophets 1in the Spirit: 6that the Gentiles are afellow heirs and bfellow members of the body, and cfellow partakers of the promise in dChrist Jesus through the gospel, 7aof which I was made a bminister, according to the gift of cGod’s grace which was given to me daccording to the working of His power. 8To me, athe very least of all 1saints, this grace was given, to bproclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the unfathomable criches of Christ, 9and to bring to light for all what is the administration of the amystery which for ages has been bhidden in God cwho created all things; 10so that the manifold awisdom of God might now be bmade known through the church to the crulers and the authorities in dthe heavenly places. 11This was in aaccordance with the 1eternal purpose which He 2carried out in bChrist Jesus our Lord, 12in whom we have boldness and 1,aconfident baccess through faith 2in Him. 13Therefore I ask 1you not ato lose heart at my afflictions bon your behalf, which are your glory.
Prayer for Spiritual Power
14For this reason I abow my knees before the Father, 15from whom 1every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16that He would give you, according to athe riches of His glory, to be bstrengthened with power through His Spirit in cthe inner man, 17so that aChrist may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being firmly brooted and cgrounded in love, 18may be able to comprehend with aall the 1saints what is bthe breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know athe love of Christ which bsurpasses knowledge, that you may be cfilled up to all the dfullness of God.