New Testament · Letters

Ephesians chapter 3

This is why I, Paul, am now a of , Jesus -- and it’s for your sake, you who aren’t Jewish.I’m sure you’ve heard about the God’s gave me for your benefit --how the was made known to me by direct , as I briefly wrote about earlier.When you read what I’ve written, you’ll be able to see how deeply I understand this mystery about the One.In previous generations, this wasn’t made known to people the way it has now been revealed by to and prophets:that non-Jewish people are with Jewish believers, , and equal partners in the promise that comes through the One, Jesus, by means of the .I became a of this good news through the gift of God’s undeserved kindness, given to me by the working of his .To me, of all , this undeserved kindness was given: to announce to non-Jewish people the good news about the One,and to what the of this mystery is -- the one hidden for ages in God, who created everything.so that through , God’s would now be made known to the .This was his -- the purpose he carried out through the One, Jesus, our .In him we have the and confidently through our in him.So I’m asking you not to over what I’m suffering for your sake -- my suffering is actually an for you.This is why I before the ,from whom every in heaven and on earth gets its name.I’m praying that out of the wealth of his , he would strengthen you with power through in your ,so that the One would in your through trust. And I’m praying that you, being in love,would have the strength to , along with all , how his love is,and to the love of the One that -- so that you would be filled with the himself.Now to the one who can do than anything we could ask or even imagine -- through his in us --to him be the in and in the One, Jesus, . .