{"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/web/ephesians/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:04:41.349Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,"},{"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":"Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,"},{"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 you 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 you, being rooted and grounded in love,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ephesians 3 (WEB)","markdown":"[Ephesians 3](https://primebible.com/web/ephesians/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/ephesians/3 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}