Thematic Bible
Ephesians 3:1 (show verse)
This is why I, Paul, whom Jesus the Christ has made a prisoner for the sake of you heathen??2 if at least you have heard how I dealt with the mercy of God that was given me for you,
Ephesians 3:2 (show verse)
Ephesians 3:3 (show verse)
and how the secret was made known to me by revelation, as I have just briefly written.
Ephesians 3:4 (show verse)
As you read that, you will be able to understand the insight I have into the secret of the Christ
Ephesians 3:5 (show verse)
(which in past ages was not disclosed to mankind as fully as it has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets)
Ephesians 3:6 (show verse)
that through union with Christ Jesus the heathen are fellow-heirs with the Jews, belong to the same body and share the promise with them, through the good news
Ephesians 3:7 (show verse)
for which I became a worker by virtue of the gift of God's mercy which by the exercise of his power he has given me.
Ephesians 3:8 (show verse)
To me, the very least of all his people, this favor has been given, of preaching to the heathen the inexhaustible wealth of the Christ,
Ephesians 3:9 (show verse)
and making clear how the secret purpose is to be worked out which has been hidden away for ages in God the creator of all things,
Ephesians 3:10 (show verse)
so that the many-sided wisdom of God may now through the church be made known to the rulers and authorities in heaven,
Ephesians 3:11 (show verse)
fulfilling the eternal purpose which God carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ephesians 3:12 (show verse)
Through union with him and through faith in him, we have courage to approach God with confidence.
Ephesians 3:13 (show verse)
So I ask that what I am having to suffer for your sake may not make me lose heart, for it does you honor.
Ephesians 3:14 (show verse)
For this reason I kneel before the Father
Ephesians 3:15 (show verse)
from whom every family in heaven or on earth takes its name,
Ephesians 3:16 (show verse)
and beg him out of his wealth of glory to strengthen you mightily through his Spirit in your inner nature
Ephesians 3:17 (show verse)
and through your faith to let Christ in his love make his home in your hearts. Your roots must be deep and your foundations strong,
Ephesians 3:18 (show verse)
so that you and all God's people may be strong enough to grasp what breadth, length, height, and depth mean,
Ephesians 3:19 (show verse)
and to understand Christ's love, so far beyond our understanding, so that you may be filled with the very fulness of God.
Ephesians 3:20 (show verse)
To him who by the exertion of his power within us can do unutterably more than all we ask or imagine,
Ephesians 3:21 (show verse)
be glory through the church and through Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever. Amen.