New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 3:9-21

9and to 1bring to light what is the administration of the 2mystery which for ages has been 3hidden in God 4who created all things; 10so that the manifold 5wisdom of God might now be 6made known through the church to the 7rulers and the authorities in 8the heavenly places. 11This was in 9accordance with the 10eternal purpose which He 11carried out in 12Christ Jesus our Lord, 12in whom we have boldness and 13 14confident 15access through faith 16in Him. 13Therefore I ask 17you not 18to lose heart at my tribulations 19on your behalf, 20for they are your glory.

14For this reason I 21bow my knees before the Father, 15from whom 22every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16that He would grant you, according to 23the riches of His glory, to be 24strengthened with power through His Spirit in 25the inner man, 17so that 26Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being 27rooted and 28grounded in love, 18may be able to comprehend with 29all the 30saints what is 31the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know 32the love of Christ which 33surpasses knowledge, that you may be 34filled up to all the 35fullness of God.

20 36Now to Him who is 37able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, 38according to the power that works within us, 21 39to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations 40forever and ever. Amen.

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Notes

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

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