{"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/kjv/ephesians/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T15:32:08.215Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And to make all <i>men</i> see what <i>is</i> the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly <i>places</i> might be known by 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 with confidence by the faith of him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"May be able to comprehend with all saints what <i>is</i> the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with 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 <i>be</i> glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ephesians 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[Ephesians 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/ephesians/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/ephesians/3 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}