Ephesians 3
Reading Ephesians chapter 3 in the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible, public-domain text from 1899.
Verses 1–10
1 For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles:
2 If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you:
3 How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words:
4 As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,
5 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:
6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body: and copartners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel
7 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.
8 To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ:
9 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:
10 That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,
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