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Ephesians 3 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations, | 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 | if, indeed, you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to 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 | that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words]— | 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 | in regard to which you are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the 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 | which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in 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 | that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news, | 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 | of which I became a servant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to 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 | to me—the less than the least of all the holy ones—was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news—the untraceable riches of the 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 cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that has been hid from the ages in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ, | 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 | that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly [places], through the Assembly, the manifold wisdom of God, | 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 | according to a purpose of the ages, which He made 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 whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of 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 | for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is 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 cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, | For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, | For this reason I kneel before the Father, | |
| 15 | of whom the whole family in the heavens 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 | that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened through His Spirit with might, in regard to the inner man, | 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 | that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded 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 | that you may be in strength to comprehend, with all the holy ones, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, | 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 | to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that you may be filled—to 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 | and to Him who is able to do exceedingly [and] abundantly above all things that we ask or think, according to the power that is working 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 [is] the glory in the Assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. 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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