Ephesians 3

1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you, the nations — [a] 2 if indeed you have heard of the household management of God’s favor that was given to me for you, [b] 3 that by revelation the secret was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief, [c] 4 by which, when you read it, you are able to perceive my understanding in the secret of the Christ, 5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in spirit:

6 that the nations are fellow heirs, and of the same body, and fellow sharers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the good news, [d] 7 of which I became a servant according to the gift of God’s favor that was given to me according to the working of his power — [e] 8 to me, the least of all holy ones, this favor was given — to bring the good news of the untraceable riches of the Christ to the nations, [f] 9 and to bring to light what is the household management of the secret hidden from the ages in God, who created all things, † 10 so that now, through the gathering, the many-colored wisdom of God might be made known to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places, [g] 11 according to the purpose of the ages which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have the boldness and the access in confidence through his faith. [h] 13 Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my afflictions on your behalf, which is your glory. [i]

14 For this reason I bend my knees to the Father, 15 from whom every fatherhood in the heavens and on earth is named, [j] 16 that he may give you, according to the riches of his glory, to be made strong with power through his Spirit into the inner man, [k] 17 for the Christ to dwell through faith in your hearts — you having been rooted and founded in love — 18 so that you may have full strength to grasp, with all the holy ones, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, [l] 19 and to know the love of the Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

20 Now to the one able to do beyond all things, far more than we ask or think, according to the power at work in us — 21 to him be the glory in the gathering and in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen. [m]