Ephesians 3:1-13

New American Standard Bible 1995

Paul’s Stewardship

3 For this reason I, Paul, ^(A)the prisoner of ^(B)Christ Jesus ^(C)for the sake of you ^(D)Gentiles— ² if 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. ^4 [a]By referring to this, when you read you can understand ^(K)my insight ^[b]into the ^(L)mystery of Christ, ⁵ which 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 ^[c]in the Spirit; ⁶ to 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. ⁸ To me, ^(V)the very least of all ^[d]saints, this grace was given, to ^(W)preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable ^(X)riches of Christ, ⁹ and to ^[e]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; ¹⁰ so 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. ¹¹ This was in ^(AF)accordance with the ^[f]eternal purpose which He ^[g]carried out in ^(AG)Christ Jesus our Lord, ¹² in whom we have boldness and ^[h](AH)confident ^(AI)access through faith ^[i]in Him. ¹³ Therefore I ask ^[j]you not ^(AJ)to lose heart at my tribulations ^(AK)on your behalf, ^[k]for they are your glory.