{"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/drb/ephesians/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T00:21:33.653Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","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 Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles; "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you: "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words; "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit: "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and co-partners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel: "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power: "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ, "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things: "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church, "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"According to the eternal purpose, which he made, in Christ Jesus our Lord: "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named, "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man, "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that being rooted and founded in charity, "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth: "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us; "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"To him be glory in the church, and in Christ Jesus unto all generations, world without end. Amen. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Ephesians 3 (DRB)","markdown":"[Ephesians 3](https://primebible.com/drb/ephesians/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/ephesians/3 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}