# Ephesians 3 ## Ephesians 3:1 - [KJV] For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, - [ASV] For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles, -- - [YLT] For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:1 - ## Ephesians 3:2 - [KJV] If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: - [ASV] if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward; - [YLT] if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:2 - ## Ephesians 3:3 - [KJV] How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, - [ASV] how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words, - [YLT] that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few *words* -- ### Notes on Ephesians 3:3 - ## Ephesians 3:4 - [KJV] Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) - [ASV] whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ; - [YLT] in regard to which ye are able, reading *it*, to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:4 - ## Ephesians 3:5 - [KJV] 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; - [ASV] which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; - [YLT] which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit -- ### Notes on Ephesians 3:5 - ## Ephesians 3:6 - [KJV] That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: - [ASV] *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, - [YLT] that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:6 - ## Ephesians 3:7 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power; ### Notes on Ephesians 3:7 - ## Ephesians 3:8 - [KJV] 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; - [ASV] 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; - [YLT] to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:8 - ## Ephesians 3:9 - [KJV] And to make all *men* see what *is* the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: - [ASV] 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; - [YLT] and to cause all to see what *is* the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:9 - ## Ephesians 3:10 - [KJV] To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly *places* might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, - [ASV] 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, - [YLT] that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly *places*, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:10 - ## Ephesians 3:11 - [KJV] According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: - [ASV] according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: - [YLT] according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:11 - ## Ephesians 3:12 - [KJV] In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. - [ASV] in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him. - [YLT] in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:12 - ## Ephesians 3:13 - [KJV] Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. - [ASV] Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory. - [YLT] wherefore, I ask *you* not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory. ### Notes on Ephesians 3:13 - ## Ephesians 3:14 - [KJV] For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, - [ASV] For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, - [YLT] For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:14 - ## Ephesians 3:15 - [KJV] Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, - [ASV] from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, - [YLT] of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:15 - ## Ephesians 3:16 - [KJV] That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; - [ASV] 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; - [YLT] that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:16 - ## Ephesians 3:17 - [KJV] That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, - [ASV] that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, - [YLT] that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:17 - ## Ephesians 3:18 - [KJV] May be able to comprehend with all saints what *is* the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; - [ASV] may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, - [YLT] that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what *is* the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:18 - ## Ephesians 3:19 - [KJV] And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. - [ASV] and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God. - [YLT] to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled -- to all the fulness of God; ### Notes on Ephesians 3:19 - ## Ephesians 3:20 - [KJV] 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, - [ASV] 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, - [YLT] and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, ### Notes on Ephesians 3:20 - ## Ephesians 3:21 - [KJV] Unto him *be* glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. - [ASV] unto him *be* the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen. - [YLT] to Him *is* the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen. ### Notes on Ephesians 3:21 -