Thematic Bible

Ephesians 3:1

For this cause I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you gentiles,

Ephesians 3:2

if, at least, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,

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that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief;

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respecting which ye can, by reading, perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

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which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

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that the gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partners with us of the promise in Christ Jesus through the Gospel;

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of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.

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To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim, to the gentiles, the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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and to plainly show what is the dispensation of the mystery which from the ages has been hidden away in God, Who made all things;

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in order that now might be made known to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

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according to a purpose of the ages which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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in Whom we have boldness and access with confidence through the faith of Him.

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Wherefore, I ask that ye faint not at my tribulations in your behalf, which, indeed, is your glory.

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For this cause I bow my knees to the Father,

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from Whom every family in Heaven and on earth is named,

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that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit as to the inward man;

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that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that ye, having been rooted and grounded in love,

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may be strong to apprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth,

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and to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

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Now to Him Who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

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to Him be the glory in the assembly, and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations of the age of the ages. Amen.