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          DASV: Ephesians 3    

1 For this reason I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ Jesus in
behalf of you Gentiles, --
2 assuming that you have heard of the special commission of
God’s grace that was given to me for you;
3 how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I
wrote before briefly.
4 When you read this, you will gain understanding into the
mystery of Christ.
5 It was not made known in other generations to human beings,
as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets
in the Spirit.
6 This mystery, is 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 I was made a minister of this gospel, according to the gift
of God’s grace which was given me according to the working
of his power.
8 To me, who is less than the least of all saints, was this
grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches
of Christ,
9 and to make everyone see the plan of the mystery which for
ages has been hidden in God who created all things.
10 The intent was that now it might be made known through
the church the manifold wisdom of God to rulers and powers
in the heavenly places.
11 This was according to the eternal purpose which he
accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
12 in whom we have boldness and confident access through
our faith in him.
13 Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my
sufferings for you, which are your glory.

14 For this cause I kneel before the Father,
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.
16 I pray he would grant you, according to the riches of
his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through
his Spirit in the inward man,
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith,
so that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be strong to comprehend with all the saints what
the breadth and length and height and depth is,
19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge,
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do vastly more than all
we can ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
21 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to
all generations forever and ever. Amen.

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