Revised Webster's Bible

Ephesians 3

1ForthisG5127causeχάρινcharinG5484IἐγὼegōG1473PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972, theprisonerδέσμιοςdesmiosG1198ofJesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547forὑπὲρhuperG5228youG5216Gentilesἐθνῶν·ethnōnG1484,

2IfG1489ye haveheardἠκούσατεēkousateG191of thedispensationοἰκονομίανoikonomianG3622of thegraceχάριτοςcharitosG5485ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316whichG3588isgivenδοθείσηςdotheisēsG1325meG3427onεἰςeisG1519youraccountG5209:

3ThatὅτιhotiG3754byκατὰkataG2596revelationἀποκάλυψινapokalupsinG602he madeknownἐγνωρίσθηegnōristhēG1107tomeG3427themysteryμυστήριονmustērionG3466; (asκαθὼςkathōsG2531I wrotebeforeπροέγραψαproegrapsaG4270inἐνenG1722fewwordsὀλίγῳ,oligōG3641,

4ByπρὸςprosG4314whichὃhoG3739, when yereadἀναγινώσκοντεςanaginōskontesG314, yemayδύνασθεdunastheG1410understandνοῆσαιnoēsaiG3539myG3450knowledgeσύνεσίνsunesinG4907inἐνenG1722themysteryμυστηρίῳmustēriōG3466ofChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547)

5WhichὃhoG3739inG1722otherἑτέραιςheteraisG2087agesγενεαῖςgeneaisG1074wasG1107notοὐκoukG3756madeknownG1107to thesonsυἱοῖςhuioisG5207ofmenἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōnG444,asὡςhōsG5613itisG601nowνῦνnunG3568revealedἀπεκαλύφθηapekaluphthēG601tohisαὐτοῦautouG846holyἁγίοιςhagioisG40apostlesἀποστόλοιςapostoloisG652andκαὶkaiG2532prophetsπροφήταιςprophētaisG4396byG1722theSpiritπνεύματι,pneumatiG4151;

6That theGentilesἔθνηethnēG1484shouldbeεἶναιeinaiG1511joint-heirsσυγκληρονόμαsugklēronomaG4789,andκαὶkaiG2532of the samebodyσύσσωμαsussōmaG4954,andκαὶkaiG2532partakersσυμμέτοχαsummetochaG4830ofhisG846promiseἐπαγγελίαςepangeliasG1860inἐνenG1722ChristΧριστῷChristōG5547byδιὰdiaG1223thegospelεὐαγγελίου,euangeliouG2098:

7OfwhichοὗhouG3739I wasmadeἐγενήθηνegenēthēnG1096aministerδιάκονοςdiakonosG1249,accordingκατὰkataG2596to thegiftδωρεὰνdōreanG1431of thegraceχάριτοςcharitosG5485ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316givenδοθείσηςdotheisēsG1325tomeG3427byκατὰkataG2596the effectualworkingἐνέργειανenergeianG1753ofhisαὐτοῦ.autouG846powerδυνάμεωςdunameōsG1411.

8TomeG1698, who am less than theleastG1647ofallπάντωνpantōnG3956saintsἁγίωνhagiōnG40,isG1325thisαὕτη,hautēG3778graceχάριςcharisG5485givenG1325, that I shouldpreachεὐαγγελίσασθαιeuangelisasthaiG2097amongG1722theGentilesἔθνεσινethnesinG1484theunsearchableἀνεξιχνίαστονanexichniastonG421richesπλοῦτοςploutosG4149ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547;

9AndκαὶkaiG2532tomakeG5461allπάνταςpantasG3956menseeG5461whatτίςtisG5101is thefellowshipG2842of themysteryμυστηρίουmustēriouG3466,whichG3588fromἀπὸapoG575the beginning of theworldαἰώνωνaiōnōnG165hath beenhidἀποκεκρυμμένουapokekrummenouG613inἐνenG1722GodθεῷtheōG2316,whoG3588createdκτίσαντιktisantiG2936allthingsπάνταpantaG3956byG1223JesusG2424ChristG5547:

10To the intentthatἵναinaG2443nowνῦνnunG3568to theprincipalitiesἀρχαῖςarchaisG746andκαὶkaiG2532powersἐξουσίαιςexousiaisG1849inἐνenG1722heavenlyἐπουρανίοιςepouranioisG2032places might beknownγνωρισθῇgnōristhēaG1107byδιὰdiaG1223thechurchἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasG1577themanifoldπολυποίκιλοςpolupoikilosG4182wisdomσοφίαsophiaG4678ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,

11AccordingtoκατὰkataG2596theeternalαἰώνων,aiōnōnG165purposeπρόθεσινprothesinG4286whichἣνhēnG3739hepurposedἐποίησενepoiēsenG4160inἐνenG1722ChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ourG2257LordκυρίῳkuriōG2962:

12InἐνenG1722whomᾧhōG3739wehaveἔχομενechomenG2192boldnessπαρρησίανparrēsianG3954andκαὶkaiG2532accessπροσαγωγὴνprosagōgēnG4318withἐνenG1722confidenceπεποιθήσειpepoithēseiG4006byδιὰdiaG1223thefaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102ofhimαὐτοῦ.autouG846.

13ThereforeδιὸdioG1352IdesireαἰτοῦμαιaitoumaiG154that yefaintἐγκακεῖνegkakeinG1573notμὴmēG3361atἐνenG1722myG3450tribulationsθλίψεσίνthlipsesinG2347forὑπὲρhuperG5228youG5216,whichἥτιςhētisG3748isG2076yourG5216gloryδόξαdoxaG1391.

14ForthisG5127causeχάρινcharinG5484IbowκάμπτωkamptōG2578myG3450kneesγόνατάgonataG1119toπρὸςprosG4314theFatherπατέραpateraG3962ofourG2257LordG2962JesusG2424ChristG5547,

15OfἐξexG1537whomοὗhouG3739thewholeπᾶσαpasaG3956familyπατριὰpatriaG3965inἐνenG1722heavenοὐρανοῖςouranoisG3772andκαὶkaiG2532earthἐπὶ γῆςepi gēsG1909 G1093isnamedὀνομάζεται,onomazetaiG3687,

16ThatἵναinaG2443he wouldgrantδῷdōG1325youG5213, accordingtoκατὰkataG2596therichesπλοῦτοςploutosG4149ofhisαὐτοῦautouG846gloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391, to bestrengthenedκραταιωθῆναιkrataiōthēnaiG2901withmightδυνάμειdunameiG1411byδιὰdiaG1223hisαὐτοῦautouG846SpiritπνεύματοςpneumatosG4151inεἰςeisG1519theinnerἔσωesōG2080manἄνθρωπον,anthrōponG444;

17ThatChristΧριστὸνChristonG5547maydwellκατοικῆσαιkatoikēsaiG2730inἐνenG1722yourG5216heartsκαρδίαιςkardiaisG2588byδιὰdiaG1223faithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102;thatG2443ye, beingrootedἐρριζωμένοιerrizōmenoiG4492andκαὶkaiG2532groundedτεθεμελιωμένοι,tethemeliōmenoiG2311inἐνenG1722loveἀγάπῃagapēG26,

18May beableἐξισχύσητεexischusēteG1840tocomprehendκαταλαβέσθαιkatalabesthaiG2638withσὺνsunG4862allπᾶσινpasinG3956saintsἁγίοιςhagioisG40whatτίtiG5101is thebreadthπλάτοςplatosG4114,andκαὶkaiG2532lengthμῆκοςmēkosG3372,andκαὶkaiG2532depthβάθος,bathosG899,andκαὶkaiG2532heightὕψοςhupsosG5311;

19AndτεteG5037toknowγνῶναίgnōnaiG1097theloveἀγάπηνagapēnG26ofChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547, whichpassethὑπερβάλλουσανhuperballousanG5235knowledgeγνώσεωςgnōseōsG1108,thatἵναinaG2443ye may befilledπληρωθῆτεplērōthēteG4137withεἰςeisG1519allπᾶνpanG3956thefulnessπλήρωμαplērōmaG4138ofGodθεοῦ.¶theouG2316.

20NowδὲdeG1161to him that isableδυναμένῳdunamenōG1410todoποιῆσαιpoiēsaiG4160exceedingὑπὲρhuperG5228abundantlyὑπερεκπερισσοῦhuperekperissouekperissōsG1537 G4053aboveὑπερεκπερισσοῦhuperekperissouekperissōsG5228allπάνταpantaG3956thatὧνhōnG3739weaskαἰτούμεθαaitoumethaG154orἢēG2228thinkνοοῦμενnooumenG3539, accordingtoκατὰkataG2596thepowerδύναμινdunaminG1411thatworkethἐνεργουμένηνenergoumenēnG1754inἐνenG1722usG2254,

21TohimαὐτῷautōG846begloryδόξαdoxaG1391inἐνenG1722thechurchἐκκλησίᾳekklēsiaG1577byἐνenG1722ChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424throughoutεἰςeisG1519allπάσαςpasasG3956agesγενεὰςgeneasG1074,worldαἰῶνοςaiōnosG165withoutendαἰώνων,aiōnōnG165.Amenἀμήν.¶amēnG281.

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