Ephesians 3:1 So I, Paul, am a prisoner because I serve Christ Jesus for you who are not Jews.
Ephesians 3:2 Surely you know that God gave me this work through his grace to help you.
Ephesians 3:3 God let me know his secret plan by showing it to me. I, Paul have already written a little about this.
Ephesians 3:4 When you read what I, Paul have written, you can understand the secret truth about Christ.
Ephesians 3:5 People who lived in other generations were not told that secret truth. But now, through the Spirit, God has made it known to his holy apostles and prophets.
Ephesians 3:6 And this is the secret truth: that by hearing the Good News, those who are not Jews will share with the Jews in the blessings God has for his people. They are part of the same body, and they share in the promise God made through Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:7 By God’s gift of grace. I, Paul became a servant to tell that Good News. God gave me that grace by using his power.
Ephesians 3:8 I, Paul am the least important of all God’s people. But he gave me this gift to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. These riches are too great to understand fully
Ephesians 3:9 And God gave me the work of telling all people about the plan for his secret truth. That secret truth has been hidden in him since the beginning of time. God is the one who created everything
Ephesians 3:10 God purpose was that all the rulers and powers in the heavenly places will now know the many different ways he shows his wisdom. They will know this because of the church.
Ephesians 3:11 This agrees with the plan God had since the beginning of time. God did what he planned, and he did it through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ephesians 3:12 In Christ we come before God with freedom and without fear. We can do this because of our faith in Christ.
Ephesians 3:13 So I, Paul ask you not to be discouraged because of what is happening to me. My sufferings are for your benefit and for your honor and glory.
Ephesians 3:14 That is why I, Paul kneel down and pray to the Father, of our Lord Jesus Christ
Ephesians 3:15 Every family in heaven and on earth gets its true name from our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 3:16 I, Paul ask the Father with his great glory to give you the power to be strong in your spirits. God will give you that strength through his Spirit
Ephesians 3:17 I, Paul pray that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. I pray that your life will be strong in love and be built on love
Ephesians 3:18 And I, Paul pray that you and all God’s holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ’s love how wide, how long, how high, and how deep that love is.
Ephesians 3:19 Christ’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I, Paul pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with everything God has for you.
Ephesians 3:20 With God’s power working in us, he can do much, much more than anything we can ask or think of.
Ephesians 3:21 To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus for all time, forever and ever. Amen.