Thematic Bible
Ephesians 3:1 (show verse)
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles--
Ephesians 3:2 (show verse)
For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,
Ephesians 3:3 (show verse)
And also that it was by direct revelation that the hidden purpose of God was made known to me, as I have already briefly told you.
Ephesians 3:4 (show verse)
And, by reading what I have written, you will be able to judge how far I understand this hidden purpose of God in Christ.
Ephesians 3:5 (show verse)
In former generations it was not made known to mankind, as fully as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to the Apostles and Prophets among Christ's People--
Ephesians 3:6 (show verse)
That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the Good News, the Gentiles are co-heirs with us and members of one Body, and that they share with us in God's Promise.
Ephesians 3:7 (show verse)
Of this Good News I became a minister, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise of his power--
Ephesians 3:8 (show verse)
Yes, to me, who am less than the least of all Christ's People, was this charge entrusted!--to tell the Gentiles the Good News of the boundless wealth to be found in the Christ,
Ephesians 3:9 (show verse)
And to make clear what is God's way of working out that hidden purpose which from the first has been concealed in the mind of the Creator of all things;
Ephesians 3:10 (show verse)
So that now to the Archangels and to all the Powers on high should be made known, through the Church, the all-embracing wisdom of God,
Ephesians 3:11 (show verse)
In accordance with that purpose which runs through all the ages and which he has now accomplished in Jesus, the Christ, our Master.
Ephesians 3:12 (show verse)
And in union with him, and through our trust in him, we find courage to approach God with confidence.
Ephesians 3:13 (show verse)
Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honor.
Ephesians 3:14 (show verse)
For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father--
Ephesians 3:15 (show verse)
From whom all 'fatherhood' in Heaven and on earth derives its name--
Ephesians 3:16 (show verse)
And pray that, in proportion to the wealth of his glory, he will strengthen you with his power by breathing his Spirit into your inmost soul,
Ephesians 3:17 (show verse)
So that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ's People,
Ephesians 3:18 (show verse)
Have the power to comprehend in all its width and length and height and depth,
Ephesians 3:19 (show verse)
And to understand--though it surpasses all understanding--the love of the Christ; and so be filled to the full with God himself.
Ephesians 3:20 (show verse)
To him who, through his power which is at work within us, is able to do far more than anything that we can ask or conceive--
Ephesians 3:21 (show verse)
To him be all glory through the Church and through Christ Jesus, for all generations, age after age. Amen.