| 3:1 | For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus* for the sake of you Gentiles – |
| 3:2 | if indeed* you have heard of the stewardship* of God’s grace that was given to me for you, |
| 3:3 | that* by revelation the divine secret* was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.* |
| 3:4 | When reading this,* you will be able to* understand my insight into this secret* of Christ. |
| 3:5 | Now this secret* was not disclosed to people* in former* generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by* the Spirit, |
| 3:6 | namely, that through the gospel* the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members* of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. |
| 3:7 | I became a servant of this gospel* according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by* the exercise of his power.* |
| 3:8 | To me – less than the least of all the saints* – this grace was given,* to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ |
| 3:9 | and to enlighten* everyone about God’s secret plan* – a secret that has been hidden for ages* in God* who has created all things. |
| 3:10 | The purpose of this enlightenment is that* through the church the multifaceted wisdom* of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms. |
| 3:11 | This was according to* the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, |
| 3:12 | in whom we have boldness and confident access* to God* because of* Christ’s* faithfulness.* |
| 3:13 | For this reason I ask you* not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you,* which* is your glory.* |
| 3:14 | For this reason* I kneel* before the Father,* |
| 3:15 | from* whom every family* in heaven and on the earth is named. |
| 3:16 | I pray that* according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, |
| 3:17 | that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love, |
| 3:18 | you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,* |
| 3:19 | and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to* all the fullness of God. |
| 3:20 | Now to him who by the power that is working within us* is able to do far beyond* all that we ask or think, |
| 3:21 | to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. |
Ephesians 3 - NET Bible [draft]
