For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
The Koine Bible
The Scriptures in Greek with direct English translation.
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Ephesians 3
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If indeed you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God given to me for you,
The mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I briefly wrote before,
to whom you are able to read and understand my insight in the mystery of the Messiah,
ὃ ἑτέραις γενεαῖς οὐκ ἐγνωρίσθη τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὡς νῦν ἀπεκαλύφθη τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀποστόλοις αὐτοῦ καὶ προφήταις ἐν πνεύματι,
which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,
εἶναι τὰ ἔθνη συγκληρονόμα καὶ σύσσωμα καὶ συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου,
that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
οὗ ἐγενήθην διάκονος κατὰ τὴν δωρεὰν τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ τῆς δοθείσης μοι κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ--
Of whom I became a servant according to the gift of the grace of God given to me according to the working of his power—
ἐμοὶ τῷ ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ πάντων ἁγίων ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις αὕτη-- τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εὐαγγελίσασθαι τὸ ἀνεξιχνίαστον πλοῦτος τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
To me, the least of all the saints, this grace was given—to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Messiah,
καὶ φωτίσαι πάντας τίς ἡ οἰκονομία τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ ἀποκεκρυμμένου ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων ἐν τῷ θεῷ τῷ τὰ πάντα κτίσαντι,
and to enlighten everyone about the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages in God, who created all things,
ἵνα γνωρισθῇ νῦν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς καὶ ταῖς ἐξουσίαις ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις διὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἡ πολυποίκιλος σοφία τοῦ θεοῦ,
so that now to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places the manifold wisdom of God might be made known through the church,
According to the purpose of the ages which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord,
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through his faith.
Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
ἵνα δῷ ὑμῖν κατὰ τὸ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ δυνάμει κραταιωθῆναι διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον,
to give you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
κατοικῆσαι τὸν Χριστὸν διὰ τῆς πίστεως ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν ἐν ἀγάπῃ· ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ τεθεμελιωμένοι,
to have the Messiah dwell through faith in your hearts in love, being rooted and established,
so that you may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,
γνῶναί τε τὴν ὑπερβάλλουσαν τῆς γνώσεως ἀγάπην τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα πληρωθῆτε εἰς πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ θεοῦ.
to know the love of the Messiah that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ πάντα ποιῆσαι ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα ἢ νοοῦμεν κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν,
Now to the one able to do above all things beyond what we ask or think according to the power working in us,
To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.