Ephesians 3

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The apostle sets out his office, and his qualifications for it, and his call to it

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles, For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you, if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter, how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ; by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit; which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power. of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

Also the noble purposes answered by it

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ: To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things; and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;
So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God, to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord: according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;
By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him. in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

He makes prayer for the Ephesians

For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory. Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father, For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts; that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is, may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete. and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

And adds a thanksgiving

Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us, Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it. to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
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