에베소서 3장 NASB
- 1 For this reason I Paul the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles--
- 2 if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you;
- 3 that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery as I wrote before in brief.
- 4 By referring to this when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ
- 5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
- 6 to be specific that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel
- 7 of which I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.
- 8 To me the very least of all saints this grace was given to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
- 9 and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;
- 10 so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.
- 11 This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord
- 12 in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.
- 13 Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf for they are your glory.
- 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father
- 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name
- 16 that He would grant you according to the riches of His glory to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man
- 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you being rooted and grounded in love
- 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth
- 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
- 20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works within us
- 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.