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Efesierbrevet 3
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Efesierbrevet 3
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Hedningarna är medarvingar
3 (A) Därför böjer jag mina knän[a], jag Paulus som är Kristi Jesu fånge för er skull, ni hedningar. 2 (B) Ni har ju hört om det uppdrag som Gud i sin nåd gav mig med tanke på er, 3 (C) hur jag genom en uppenbarelse fick lära känna den hemlighet som jag redan i korthet har beskrivit. 4 När ni läser detta kan ni förstå min insikt i Kristi hemlighet.
5 (D) I forna generationer var den inte känd för människor så som den nu har uppenbarats genom Anden för hans heliga apostlar och profeter: 6 (E) att hedningarna har samma arv som vi, tillhör samma kropp och har del i samma löfte i Kristus Jesus genom evangeliet. 7 (F) Detta evangelium har jag blivit satt att tjäna med den gåva och nåd som Gud har gett mig genom sin mäktiga kraft.
8 (G) Jag, den allra minste[b] av alla heliga, har fått denna nåd att predika evangeliet om Kristi ofattbara rikedom för hedningarna 9 (H) och att upplysa alla om planen med den hemlighet[c] som från evighet har varit dold i Gud, alltings Skapare. 10 (I) Nu skulle Guds vishet i sin väldiga mångfald göras känd genom församlingen för härskarna och makterna i den himmelska världen. 11 (J) Detta var det eviga beslut som han förverkligade i Kristus Jesus, vår Herre. 12 (K) I honom och genom tron på honom kan vi frimodigt och tryggt komma till Gud.
13 (L) Därför ber jag er att inte tappa modet när jag får lida för er skull. Det är ju en ära för er.
Bön och lovprisning
14 Därför böjer jag mina knän inför Fadern, 15 han från vilken allt som kallas far[d] i himlen och på jorden har sitt namn. 16 (M) Jag ber att han i sin härlighets rikedom ska ge kraft och styrka åt er inre människa genom sin Ande, 17 (N) att Kristus genom tron ska bo i era hjärtan och att ni ska bli rotade och grundade i kärleken. 18 (O) Då ska ni tillsammans med alla de heliga kunna fatta bredden och längden och höjden och djupet[e] 19 (P) och lära känna Kristi kärlek, som går långt bortom all kunskap. Så ska ni bli helt uppfyllda av all Guds fullhet.
20 (Q) Han som kan göra långt mycket mer än allt vi ber om eller tänker oss genom den kraft som verkar i oss, 21 (R) hans är äran i församlingen och i Kristus Jesus, genom alla generationer i evigheters evighet. Amen.
Footnotes
- 3:1 böjer jag mina knän Den bön som vi väntar ska följa i vers 1f kommer först i vers 14.
- 3:8 den allra minste I grundtexten kombinerar Paulus två böjningsformer till en säregen förstärkt form som skulle kunna översättas "den minstaste".
- 3:9 hemlighet Hemligheten om hedningarnas del i frälsningen (jfr vers 6).
- 3:15 allt som kallas far Annan översättning: "varje familj".
- 3:18 bredden och längden och höjden och djupet av hemligheten, Guds frälsningsbeslut.
Ephesians 3
Living Bible
Ephesians 3
Living Bible
3 I, Paul, the servant of Christ, am here in jail because of you—for preaching that you Gentiles are a part of God’s house. 2-3 No doubt you already know that God has given me this special work of showing God’s favor to you Gentiles, as I briefly mentioned before in one of my letters. God himself showed me this secret plan of his, that the Gentiles, too, are included in his kindness. 4 I say this to explain to you how I know about these things. 5 In olden times God did not share this plan with his people, but now he has revealed it by the Holy Spirit to his apostles and prophets.
6 And this is the secret: that the Gentiles will have their full share with the Jews in all the riches inherited by God’s sons; both are invited to belong to his Church, and all of God’s promises of mighty blessings through Christ apply to them both when they accept the Good News about Christ and what he has done for them. 7 God has given me the wonderful privilege of telling everyone about this plan of his; and he has given me his power and special ability to do it well.
8 Just think! Though I did nothing to deserve it, and though I am the most useless Christian there is, yet I was the one chosen for this special joy of telling the Gentiles the Glad News of the endless treasures available to them in Christ; 9 and to explain to everyone that God is the Savior of the Gentiles too, just as he who made all things had secretly planned from the very beginning.
10 And his reason? To show to all the rulers in heaven how perfectly wise he is when all of his family—Jews and Gentiles alike—are seen to be joined together in his Church 11 in just the way he had always planned it through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Now we can come fearlessly right into God’s presence, assured of his glad welcome when we come with Christ and trust in him.
13 So please don’t lose heart at what they are doing to me here. It is for you I am suffering, and you should feel honored and encouraged.
14-15 When I think of the wisdom and scope of his plan, I fall down on my knees and pray to the Father of all the great family of God—some of them already in heaven and some down here on earth— 16 that out of his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you the mighty inner strengthening of his Holy Spirit. 17 And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts, living within you as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love; 18-19 and may you be able to feel and understand, as all God’s children should, how long, how wide, how deep, and how high his love really is; and to experience this love for yourselves, though it is so great that you will never see the end of it or fully know or understand it. And so at last you will be filled up with God himself.
20 Now glory be to God, who by his mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of—infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. 21 May he be given glory forever and ever through endless ages because of his master plan of salvation for the Church through Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 3
New International Version
Ephesians 3
New International Version
God’s Marvelous Plan for the Gentiles
3 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner(A) of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
2 Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me(B) for you, 3 that is, the mystery(C) made known to me by revelation,(D) as I have already written briefly. 4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight(E) into the mystery of Christ, 5 which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.(F) 6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs(G) together with Israel, members together of one body,(H) and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.(I)
7 I became a servant of this gospel(J) by the gift of God’s grace given me(K) through the working of his power.(L) 8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(M) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(N) the boundless riches of Christ,(O) 9 and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery,(P) which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God(Q) should be made known(R) to the rulers and authorities(S) in the heavenly realms,(T) 11 according to his eternal purpose(U) that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God(V) with freedom and confidence.(W) 13 I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
A Prayer for the Ephesians
14 For this reason I kneel(X) before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches(Y) he may strengthen you with power(Z) through his Spirit in your inner being,(AA) 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts(AB) through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted(AC) and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people,(AD) to grasp how wide and long and high and deep(AE) is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge(AF)—that you may be filled(AG) to the measure of all the fullness of God.(AH)
20 Now to him who is able(AI) to do immeasurably more than all we ask(AJ) or imagine, according to his power(AK) that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.(AL)
Footnotes
- Ephesians 3:15 The Greek for family (patria) is derived from the Greek for father (pater).
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