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Ephesians 3 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— | For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— | For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— | |
| 2 | assuming you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that he gave me for you. | assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, | Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you, | |
| 3 | The mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have briefly written above. | how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. | that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. | |
| 4 | By reading this you are able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ. | When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, | In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, | |
| 5 | This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit: | which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. | 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. | |
| 6 | The Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and partners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. | This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. | This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. | |
| 7 | I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of his power. | Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power. | I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. | |
| 8 | This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ, | To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, | Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, | |
| 9 | and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things. | and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, | and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. | |
| 10 | This is so that God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens. | so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. | His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, | |
| 11 | This is according to his eternal purpose accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. | This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, | according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. | |
| 12 | In him we have boldness and confident access through faith in him. | in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. | In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. | |
| 13 | So, then, I ask you not to be discouraged over my afflictions on your behalf, for they are your glory. | So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. | I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. | |
| 14 | For this reason I kneel before the Father | For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, | For this reason I kneel before the Father, | |
| 15 | from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. | from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, | from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. | |
| 16 | I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in your inner being through his Spirit, | that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, | I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, | |
| 17 | and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, | so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, | so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, | |
| 18 | may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love, | may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, | may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, | |
| 19 | and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. | and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. | and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. | |
| 20 | Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us— | Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, | Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, | |
| 21 | to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. | to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. | to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. | |
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