3:1 | | For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles, |
3:2 | | If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you, |
3:3 | | How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter, |
3:4 | | By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ; |
3:5 | | Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit; |
3:6 | | Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news, |
3:7 | | Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power. |
3:8 | | To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ: |
3:9 | | And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things; |
3:10 | | So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God, |
3:11 | | Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord: |
3:12 | | By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him. |
3:13 | | For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory. |
3:14 | | For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father, |
3:15 | | From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, |
3:16 | | That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts; |
3:17 | | So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love, |
3:18 | | May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is, |
3:19 | | And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete. |
3:20 | | Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us, |
3:21 | | To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it. |