13 Therefore I ask [a]you not (A)to become discouraged about my tribulations (B)in your behalf, [b]since they are your glory.

14 For this reason I (C)bend my knees before the Father, 15 from whom [c]every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16 that He would grant you, according to (D)the riches of His glory, to be (E)strengthened with power through His Spirit in (F)the inner [d]self, 17 so that (G)Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being (H)rooted and (I)grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with (J)all the [e]saints what is (K)the width and length and height and depth, 19 and to know (L)the love of Christ which (M)surpasses knowledge, that you may be (N)filled to all the (O)fullness of God.

20 (P)Now to Him who is (Q)able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, (R)according to the power that works within us, 21 (S)to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations [f]forever and ever. Amen.

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  1. Ephesians 3:13 Or that I may not lose
  2. Ephesians 3:13 Lit which are
  3. Ephesians 3:15 Or the whole
  4. Ephesians 3:16 Lit person
  5. Ephesians 3:18 See note v 8
  6. Ephesians 3:21 Lit of the age of the ages

13 διὸ αἰτοῦμαι μὴ [a]ἐγκακεῖν ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσίν μου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, ἥτις ἐστὶν δόξα ὑμῶν.

14 Τούτου χάριν κάμπτω τὰ γόνατά μου πρὸς τὸν [b]πατέρα, 15 ἐξ οὗ πᾶσα πατριὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς ὀνομάζεται, 16 ἵνα [c]δῷ ὑμῖν κατὰ [d]τὸ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ δυνάμει κραταιωθῆναι διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον, 17 κατοικῆσαι τὸν Χριστὸν διὰ τῆς πίστεως ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν ἐν ἀγάπῃ· ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ τεθεμελιωμένοι, 18 ἵνα ἐξισχύσητε καταλαβέσθαι σὺν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις τί τὸ πλάτος καὶ μῆκος καὶ [e]ὕψος καὶ βάθος, 19 γνῶναί τε τὴν ὑπερβάλλουσαν τῆς γνώσεως ἀγάπην τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα πληρωθῆτε εἰς πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ θεοῦ.

20 Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ πάντα ποιῆσαι ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα ἢ νοοῦμεν κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν, 21 αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ [f]καὶ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν.

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  1. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 3:13 ἐγκακεῖν WH Treg NIV ] ἐκκακεῖν RP
  2. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 3:14 πατέρα WH Treg NIV ] + τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ RP
  3. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 3:16 δῷ WH Treg NIV ] δῴη RP
  4. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 3:16 τὸ πλοῦτος WH Treg NIV ] τὸν πλοῦτον RP
  5. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 3:18 ὕψος καὶ βάθος WH Treg NIV ] βάθος καὶ ὕψος RP
  6. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 3:21 καὶ WH Treg NIV ] – RP