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Ephesians 3 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:1 - For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles -
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:2 - if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:3 - that by revelation the divine secret was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:4 - When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:5 - Now this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:6 - namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:7 - I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:8 - To me - less than the least of all the saints - this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:9 - and to enlighten everyone about God's secret plan - a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:10 - The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:11 - This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:12 - in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:13 - For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:14 - For this reason I kneel before the Father,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:15 - from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:16 - I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:17 - that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:18 - you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:19 - and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:20 - Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:21 - to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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