Epistle to the Ephesians, Chapter 3

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Ephesians 3 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 3 of Ephesians—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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¶ For this reason I, Paul, ¹the prisoner of ²Christ Jesus ³for the sake of you ⁴Gentiles—
if indeed you have heard of the ⁵stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;
⁶that ⁷by revelation there was ⁸made known to me ⁹the mystery, ¹⁰as I wrote before in brief.
^[a]By referring to this, when you read you can understand ¹¹my insight ^[b]into the ¹²mystery of Christ,
which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy ¹³apostles and prophets ^[c]in the Spirit;
to be specific, that the Gentiles are ¹⁴fellow heirs and ¹⁵fellow members of the body, and ¹⁶fellow partakers of the promise in ¹⁷Christ Jesus through the gospel,
¹⁸of which I was made a ¹⁹minister, according to the gift of ²⁰God’s grace which was given to me ²¹according to the working of His power.
To me, ²²the very least of all ^[d]saints, this grace was given, to ²³preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable ²⁴riches of Christ,
and to ^[e]bring to light what is the administration of the ²⁵mystery which for ages has been ²⁶hidden in God ²⁷who created all things;
so that the manifold ²⁸wisdom of God might now be ²⁹made known through the church to the ³⁰rulers and the authorities in ³¹the heavenly places.
This was in ³²accordance with the ^[f]eternal purpose which He ^[g]carried out in ³³Christ Jesus our Lord,
in whom we have boldness and ^[h]³⁴confident ³⁵access through faith ^[i]in Him.
Therefore I ask ^[j]you not ³⁶to lose heart at my tribulations ³⁷on your behalf, ^[k]for they are your glory.
¶ For this reason I ³⁸bow my knees before the Father,
from whom ^[l]every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,
that He would grant you, according to ³⁹the riches of His glory, to be ⁴⁰strengthened with power through His Spirit in ⁴¹the inner man,
so that ⁴²Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being ⁴³rooted and ⁴⁴grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend with ⁴⁵all the ^[m]saints what is ⁴⁶the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know ⁴⁷the love of Christ which ⁴⁸surpasses knowledge, that you may be ⁴⁹filled up to all the ⁵⁰fullness of God.
¶ ⁵¹Now to Him who is ⁵²able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, ⁵³according to the power that works within us,
⁵⁴to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations ^[n]forever and ever. Amen.

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FOOTNOTES

^ Lit To which, when you read
^ Lit in
^ Or by
^ Or holy ones
^ Two early mss read make all know
^ Lit purpose of the ages
^ Or formed
^ Lit access in confidence
^ Lit of Him
^ Or that I may not lose
^ Lit which are
^ Or the whole
^ V 8, note 1
^ Lit of the age of the ages

REFERENCES

^ Ac 23:18; Eph 4:1; 2Ti 1:8; Pm 1, 9, 23
^ Ga 5:24
^ 2Co 1:6; Eph 3:13
^ Eph 3:8
^ Eph 1:10; 3:9; Col 1:25; 1Ti 1:4
^ Ac 22:17, 21; 26:16ff
^ Ga 1:12
^ Eph 1:9; 3:4, 6, 9
^ Ro 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:4, 9; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3
^ Eph 1:9f; Heb 13:22; 1Pe 5:12
^ 2Co 11:6
^ Ro 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 9; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3
^ 1Co 12:28; Eph 2:20
^ Ga 3:29
^ Eph 2:16
^ Eph 5:7
^ Ga 5:24
^ Col 1:23, 25
^ 1Co 3:5
^ Ac 9:15; Ro 12:3; Eph 3:2
^ Eph 1:19; 3:20
^ 1Co 15:9
^ Ac 9:15; Eph 3:1f
^ Ro 2:4; Eph 1:7; 3:16
^ Ro 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 4; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3
^ Col 3:3
^ Re 4:11
^ Ro 11:33; 1Co 2:7
^ Eph 1:23; 1Pe 1:12
^ Eph 1:21; 6:12; Col 2:10, 15
^ Eph 1:3
^ Eph 1:11
^ Ga 5:24; Eph 3:1
^ 2Co 3:4; Heb 4:16; 10:19, 35; 1Jo 2:28; 3:21
^ Eph 2:18
^ 2Co 4:1
^ Eph 3:1
^ Pp 2:10
^ Eph 1:18; 3:8
^ 1Co 16:13; Pp 4:13; Col 1:11
^ Ro 7:22
^ Jn 14:23; Ro 8:9f; 2Co 13:5; Eph 2:22
^ 1Co 3:6; Col 2:7
^ Col 1:23
^ Eph 1:15
^ Jb 11:8f
^ Ro 8:35, 39
^ Pp 4:7
^ Col 2:10
^ Eph 1:23
^ Ro 16:25
^ 2Co 9:8
^ Eph 3:7
^ Ro 11:36

Epistle to the Ephesians, Chapter 3

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