{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/ephesians/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:54:30.060Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Ephesians","bookSlug":"ephesians","chapter":3,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ephesians 3 (ASV)","markdown":"[Ephesians 3](https://primebible.com/asv/ephesians/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/ephesians/3 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}