Ephesians 3 (New American Standard Bible)

Ephesians 3

Paul's Stewardship

 ²if indeed you have heard of the ^(E)stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you;

 ^3(F)that ^(G)by revelation there was ^(H)made known to me ^(I)the mystery, ^(J)as I wrote before in brief.

 ⁴By referring to this, when you read you can understand ^(K)my insight into the ^(L)mystery of Christ,

 ⁵which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy ^(M)apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

 ⁶to be specific, that the Gentiles are ^(N)fellow heirs and ^(O)fellow members of the body, and ^(P)fellow partakers of the promise in ^(Q)Christ Jesus through the gospel,

 ^7(R)of which I was made a ^(S)minister, according to the gift of ^(T)God's grace which was given to me ^(U)according to the working of His power.

 ⁸To me, ^(V)the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to ^(W)preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable ^(X)riches of Christ,

 ⁹and to bring to light what is the administration of the ^(Y)mystery which for ages has been ^(Z)hidden in God ^(AA)who created all things;

 ¹⁰so that the manifold ^(AB)wisdom of God might now be ^(AC)made known through the church to the ^(AD)rulers and the authorities in ^(AE)the heavenly places.

 ¹¹This was in ^(AF)accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in ^(AG)Christ Jesus our Lord,

 ¹²in whom we have boldness and ^(AH)confident ^(AI)access through faith in Him.

 ¹³Therefore I ask you not ^(AJ)to lose heart at my tribulations ^(AK)on your behalf, for they are your glory.

 ¹⁴For this reason I ^(AL)bow my knees before the Father,

 ¹⁵from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

 ¹⁶that He would grant you, according to ^(AM)the riches of His glory, to be ^(AN)strengthened with power through His Spirit in ^(AO)the inner man,

 ¹⁷so that ^(AP)Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being ^(AQ)rooted and ^(AR)grounded in love,

 ¹⁸may be able to comprehend with ^(AS)all the saints what is ^(AT)the breadth and length and height and depth,

 ¹⁹and to know ^(AU)the love of Christ which ^(AV)surpasses knowledge, that you may be ^(AW)filled up to all the ^(AX)fullness of God.

 ^20(AY)Now to Him who is ^(AZ)able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, ^(BA)according to the power that works within us,

 ^21(BB)to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.