Ephesians 3 — BBE

3Verse 1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,^{Verse 2}If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,^{Verse 3}How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,^{Verse 4}By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;^{Verse 5}Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;^{Verse 6}Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,^{Verse 7}Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.^{Verse 8}To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:^{Verse 9}And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;^{Verse 10}So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,^{Verse 11}Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:^{Verse 12}By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.^{Verse 13}For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.^{Verse 14}For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,^{Verse 15}From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,^{Verse 16}That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;^{Verse 17}So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,^{Verse 18}May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is,^{Verse 19}And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.^{Verse 20}Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,^{Verse 21}To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.