EphesiansChristianityAccepted ScriptureKoine GreekShareEphesians 3Darby - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Ephesians 1Ephesians 2Ephesians 3Ephesians 4Ephesians 5Ephesians 6›Ephesians 3ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1For this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations, 2(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace ofGod which has been given to me towards you, 3that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly, 4by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,) 5which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in [the power of the] Spirit, 6that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings; 7of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace ofGod given to me, according to the working of his power. 8To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ, 9and to enlighten all [with the knowledge of] what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages inGod, who has created all things, 10in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various wisdom ofGod, 11according to [the] purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him. 13Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory. 14For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ], 15of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named, 16in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man; 17that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love, 18in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height; 19and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness ofGod. 20But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us, 21to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen). ‹Previous chapterEphesians 2Next chapterEphesians 4›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsEphesians 3 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain