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Ephesians 3

1ForthiscauseIPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972,theprisonerδέσμιοςdesmiosG1198ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424inbehalfG5228ofyouGentilesἐθνῶν·ethnōnG1484,—

2ifsobethatyehaveheardG191ofthedispensationofthatgraceχάριτοςcharitosG5485ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316whichwasgivenG1325metoyou-ward;

3howthatbyrevelationἀποκάλυψινapokalupsinG602wasmadeG1107knownuntomethemysteryμυστήριονmustērionG3466,asIwrotebeforeinfewG3641words,

4whereby,whenyereadἀναγινώσκοντεςanaginōskontesG314, yecanperceivemyunderstandingG4907inthemysteryμυστηρίῳmustēriōG3466ofChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547;

5whichinotherἑτέραιςheteraisG2087generationsγενεαῖςgeneaisG1074wasnotmadeG1107knownuntothesonsυἱοῖςhuioisG5207ofmenG444,asithathnowνῦνnunG3568beenrevealedἀπεκαλύφθηapekaluphthēG601untohisholyἁγίοιςhagioisG40apostlesG652andprophetsπροφήταιςprophētaisG4396intheSpiritπνεύματι,pneumatiG4151;

6towit,thattheGentilesἔθνηethnēG1484areG1510fellow-heirs,andfellow-membersofthebody,andfellow-partakersofthepromiseἐπαγγελίαςepangeliasG1860inChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424throughthegospelεὐαγγελίου,euangeliouG2098,

7whereofIwasmadeaministerG1249,accordingκατὰkataG2596tothegiftδωρεὰνdōreanG1431ofthatgraceχάριτοςcharitosG5485ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316whichwasgivenG1325meaccordingκατὰkataG2596totheworkingἐνέργειανenergeianG1753ofhispowerδυνάμεωςdunameōsG1411.

8Untome,whoamless thantheleastἐλαχιστοτέρῳelachistoterōG1646ofallsaintsἁγίωνhagiōnG40,wasthisgraceχάριςcharisG5485givenG1325,topreachuntotheGentilesἔθνεσινethnesinG1484theunsearchablerichesπλοῦτοςploutosG4149ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547;

9andtomakeallmenseewhatisthedispensationofthemysteryμυστηρίουmustēriouG3466whichforagesαἰώνωνaiōnōnG165hathbeenhidinGodθεῷtheōG2316whocreatedallthingsG3956;

10totheintentthatnowνῦνnunG3568untotheprincipalitiesandthepowersG1849intheheavenlyἐπουρανίοιςepouranioisG2032placesmightbemadeG1107knownthroughthechurchἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasG1577themanifoldwisdomσοφίαsophiaG4678ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,

11accordingκατὰkataG2596totheeternalpurposeπρόθεσινprothesinG4286whichhepurposedinChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ourLordκυρίῳkuriōG2962:

12inwhomwehaveboldnessπαρρησίανparrēsianG3954andaccessπροσαγωγὴνprosagōgēnG4318inconfidenceG3954throughourfaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102inhim.

13WhereforeIaskG154thatyemaynotfaintatmytribulationsθλίψεσίνthlipsesinG2347foryou,whichareG1510yourgloryδόξαdoxaG1391.

14ForthiscauseIbowκάμπτωkamptōG2578mykneesG1119untotheFatherπατέραpateraG3962,

15fromwhomeveryfamilyπατριὰpatriaG3965inheavenοὐρανοῖςouranoisG3772andonearthγῆςgēsG1093isnamed,

16thathewouldgrantG1325you,accordingκατὰkataG2596totherichesπλοῦτοςploutosG4149ofhisgloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391,thatyemaybestrengthenedκραταιωθῆναιkrataiōthēnaiG2901withpowerδυνάμειdunameiG1411throughhisSpiritπνεύματοςpneumatosG4151intheinwardmanἄνθρωπον,anthrōponG444;

17thatChristΧριστὸνChristonG5547maydwellκατοικῆσαιkatoikēsaiG2730inyourheartsκαρδίαιςkardiaisG2588throughfaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102;totheendthatye,beingrootedandgroundedinloveἀγάπῃagapēG26,

18maybestrongtoapprehendwithallthesaintsἁγίοιςhagioisG40whatisthebreadthπλάτοςplatosG4114andlengthμῆκοςmēkosG3372andheightὕψοςhupsosG5311anddepthβάθος,bathosG899,

19andtoknowγνῶναίgnōnaiG1097theloveἀγάπηνagapēnG26ofChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547whichpassethknowledgeγνώσεωςgnōseōsG1108,thatyemaybefilledπληρωθῆτεplērōthēteG4137untoallthefulnessofGodθεοῦ.¶theouG2316.

20NowδὲdeG1161untohimthatisableδυναμένῳdunamenōG1410todoexceedingabundantlyaboveallthatweaskαἰτούμεθαaitoumethaG154orthink,accordingκατὰkataG2596tothepowerδύναμινdunaminG1411thatworkethinus,

21untohimbethegloryδόξαdoxaG1391inthechurchἐκκλησίᾳekklēsiaG1577andinChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424untoallgenerationsγενεὰςgeneasG1074foreverandever.Amenἀμήν.¶amēnG281.

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