New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 3:7-21

7 1of which I was made a 2minister, according to the gift of 3God’s grace which was given to me 4according to the working of His power. 8To me, 5the very least of all 6saints, this grace was given, to 7preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable 8riches of Christ, 9and to 9bring to light what is the administration of the 10mystery which for ages has been 11hidden in God 12who created all things; 10so that the manifold 13wisdom of God might now be 14made known through the church to the 15rulers and the authorities in 16the heavenly places. 11This was in 17accordance with the 18eternal purpose which He 19carried out in 20Christ Jesus our Lord, 12in whom we have boldness and 21 22confident 23access through faith 24in Him. 13Therefore I ask 25you not 26to lose heart at my tribulations 27on your behalf, 28for they are your glory.

14For this reason I 29bow my knees before the Father, 15from whom 30every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16that He would grant you, according to 31the riches of His glory, to be 32strengthened with power through His Spirit in 33the inner man, 17so that 34Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being 35rooted and 36grounded in love, 18may be able to comprehend with 37all the 38saints what is 39the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know 40the love of Christ which 41surpasses knowledge, that you may be 42filled up to all the 43fullness of God.

20 44Now to Him who is 45able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, 46according to the power that works within us, 21 47to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations 48forever and ever. Amen.

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Notes

1. Ephesians 3:7 Col 1:23, 25 ↩
2. Ephesians 3:7 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
3. Ephesians 3:7 Acts 9:15; Rom 12:3; Eph 3:2 ↩
4. Ephesians 3:7 Eph 1:19; 3:20 ↩
5. Ephesians 3:8 1 Cor 15:9 ↩
6. Ephesians 3:8 Or holy ones ↩
7. Ephesians 3:8 Acts 9:15; Eph 3:1f ↩
8. Ephesians 3:8 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7; 3:16 ↩
9. Ephesians 3:9 Two early mss read make all know ↩
10. Ephesians 3:9 Rom 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3, 4; 6:19; Col 1:26f; 4:3 ↩
11. Ephesians 3:9 Col 3:3 ↩
12. Ephesians 3:9 Rev 4:11 ↩
13. Ephesians 3:10 Rom 11:33; 1 Cor 2:7 ↩
14. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:23; 1 Pet 1:12 ↩
15. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:21; 6:12; Col 2:10, 15 ↩
16. Ephesians 3:10 Eph 1:3 ↩
17. Ephesians 3:11 Eph 1:11 ↩
18. Ephesians 3:11 Lit purpose of the ages ↩
19. Ephesians 3:11 Or formed ↩
20. Ephesians 3:11 Gal 5:24; Eph 3:1 ↩
21. Ephesians 3:12 Lit access in confidence ↩
22. Ephesians 3:12 2 Cor 3:4; Heb 4:16; 10:19, 35; 1 John 2:28; 3:21 ↩
23. Ephesians 3:12 Eph 2:18 ↩
24. Ephesians 3:12 Lit of Him ↩
25. Ephesians 3:13 Or that I may not lose ↩
26. Ephesians 3:13 2 Cor 4:1 ↩
27. Ephesians 3:13 Eph 3:1 ↩
28. Ephesians 3:13 Lit which are ↩
29. Ephesians 3:14 Phil 2:10 ↩
30. Ephesians 3:15 Or the whole ↩
31. Ephesians 3:16 Eph 1:18; 3:8 ↩
32. Ephesians 3:16 1 Cor 16:13; Phil 4:13; Col 1:11 ↩
33. Ephesians 3:16 Rom 7:22 ↩
34. Ephesians 3:17 John 14:23; Rom 8:9f; 2 Cor 13:5; Eph 2:22 ↩
35. Ephesians 3:17 1 Cor 3:6; Col 2:7 ↩
36. Ephesians 3:17 Col 1:23 ↩
37. Ephesians 3:18 Eph 1:15 ↩
38. Ephesians 3:18 V 8, note 1 ↩
39. Ephesians 3:18 Job 11:8f ↩
40. Ephesians 3:19 Rom 8:35, 39 ↩
41. Ephesians 3:19 Phil 4:7 ↩
42. Ephesians 3:19 Col 2:10 ↩
43. Ephesians 3:19 Eph 1:23 ↩
44. Ephesians 3:20 Rom 16:25 ↩
45. Ephesians 3:20 2 Cor 9:8 ↩
46. Ephesians 3:20 Eph 3:7 ↩
47. Ephesians 3:21 Rom 11:36 ↩
48. Ephesians 3:21 Lit of the age of the ages ↩

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