Ephesians 3 | ASV Bible Study

Ephesians 3:1 (ASV)
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

Ephesians 3:2 (ASV)
if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;

Ephesians 3:3 (ASV)
how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,

Ephesians 3:4 (ASV)
whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

Ephesians 3:5 (ASV)
which in other generation was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

Ephesians 3:6 (ASV)
`to wit', that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

Ephesians 3:7 (ASV)
whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

Ephesians 3:8 (ASV)
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

Ephesians 3:9 (ASV)
and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

Ephesians 3:10 (ASV)
to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly `places' might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Ephesians 3:11 (ASV)
according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Ephesians 3:12 (ASV)
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

Ephesians 3:13 (ASV)
Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

Ephesians 3:14 (ASV)
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,

Ephesians 3:15 (ASV)
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

Ephesians 3:16 (ASV)
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

Ephesians 3:17 (ASV)
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 3:18 (ASV)
may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

Ephesians 3:19 (ASV)
and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

Ephesians 3:20 (ASV)
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Ephesians 3:21 (ASV)
unto him `be' the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

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