Ephesians 3:8,10,16
Ephesians 3:7-10 The Message (MSG)
This is my life work: helping people understand and respond to this Message. It came as a sheer gift to me, a real surprise, God handling all the details. When it came to presenting the Message to people who had no background in God’s way, I was the least qualified of any of the available Christians. God saw to it that I was equipped, but you can be sure that it had nothing to do with my natural abilities.
Ephesians 3:8b-10 The Message (MSG)
And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head, the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ. My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all along. Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels!
Ephesians 3:14-19 The Message (MSG)
My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:8 King James Version (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
Ephesians 3:10 King James Version (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
Ephesians 3:16 King James Version (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
Ephesians 3:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
Ephesians 3:10 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 3:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man
Ephesians 3:8 New Century Version (NCV)
I am the least important of all God’s people, but God gave me this gift—to tell those who are not Jews the Good News about the riches of Christ, which are too great to understand fully.
Ephesians 3:10 New Century Version (NCV)
His purpose was that through the church all the rulers and powers in the heavenly world will now know God’s wisdom, which has so many forms.
Ephesians 3:16 New Century Version (NCV)
I ask the Father in his great glory to give you the power to be strong inwardly through his Spirit.
Ephesians 3:8 American Standard Version (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
Ephesians 3:10 American Standard Version (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
Ephesians 3:16 American Standard Version (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
Ephesians 3:8 New International Version (NIV)
Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ
Ephesians 3:10 New International Version (NIV)
His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms
Ephesians 3:16 New International Version (NIV)
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being
Ephesians 3:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ
Ephesians 3:10 New King James Version (NKJV)
to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places
Ephesians 3:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man
Ephesians 3:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
To me, [though I am] the very least of all the saints (God’s people), this grace [which is undeserved] was graciously given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the incomprehensible riches of Christ [that spiritual wealth which no one can fully understand]
Ephesians 3:10 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So now through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God [in all its countless aspects] might now be made known [revealing the mystery] to the [angelic] rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 3:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality]
Ephesians 3:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.
Ephesians 3:10 New Living Translation (NLT)
God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 3:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.
Ephesians 3:7-8 The Passion Translation (TPT)
I have been made a messenger of this wonderful news by the gift of grace that works through me. Even though I am the least significant of all his holy believers, this grace-gift was imparted when the manifestation of his power came upon me. Grace alone empowers me so that I can boldly preach this wonderful message to non-Jewish people, sharing with them the unfading, inexhaustible riches of Christ, which are beyond comprehension.
Ephesians 3:10 The Passion Translation (TPT)
The purpose of this was to unveil before every throne and rank of angelic orders in the heavenly realm God’s full and diverse wisdom revealed through the church.
Ephesians 3:16 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And I pray that he would unveil within you the unlimited riches of his glory and favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with his divine might and explosive power.
Ephesians 3:8 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ
Ephesians 3:10 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
