| Chapter
3 |
| 1 | For
this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, |
| 2 | If ye have heard of the dispensation
of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: |
|
3 | How that by revelation he made known unto me the
mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, |
| 4 | Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in
the mystery of Christ) |
| 5 |
Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now
revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; |
| 6 | That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs,
and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: |
| 7 | Whereof I was made a
minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the
effectual working of his power. |
| 8
| Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace
given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of
Christ; |
| 9 | And to make all
men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the
world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: |
| 10 | To the intent that now unto
the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church
the manifold wisdom of God, |
| 11
| According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our
Lord: |
| 12 | In whom we have
boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. |
| 13 | Wherefore I desire that ye faint not
at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. |
|
14 | For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 15 | Of
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, |
|
16 | That he would grant you, according to the riches
of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; |
| 17 | That Christ may dwell in
your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, |
| 18 | May be able to comprehend with all
saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; |
| 19 | And to know the love of Christ, which
passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. |
| 20 | Now unto him that is able
to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the
power that worketh in us, |
| 21 |
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world
without end. Amen. |
