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The Mystery of the Gospel
For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
Paul’s Stewardship
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles —
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles —
(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,
if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;
that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.
by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,)
By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
which 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,
which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
that [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;
to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.
of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.
To 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,
To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,
and to enlighten all [with the knowledge of] what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things,
and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;
in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various wisdom of God,
so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.
according to [the] purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,
This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.
in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.
Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory.
Paul's Prayer for the Ephesians
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,
in 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;
that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,
that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;
may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God.
and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,