| International Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1For this reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of the Messiah Jesus for the sake of you gentiles. | 1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles... |
| 2Surely you have heard about the responsibility of administering God's grace that was given to me on your behalf, | 2Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, |
| 3and how this secret was made known to me through a revelation, just as I wrote about briefly in the past. | 3that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. |
| 4By reading this, you will be able to grasp my understanding of the secret about the Messiah, | 4In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, |
| 5which in previous generations was not made known to human beings as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. This is that secret: | 5which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets. |
| 6The gentiles are heirs-in-common, members-in-common of the body, and common participants in what was promised by the Messiah Jesus through the gospel. | 6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. |
| 7I have become a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given me by the working of his power. | 7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power. |
| 8To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the gentiles the immeasurable wealth of the Messiah | 8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, |
| 9and help everyone see how this secret that has been at work was hidden for ages by God, who created all things. | 9and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. |
| 10He did this so that now, through the church, the wisdom of God in all its variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realm | 10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, |
| 11in keeping with the eternal purpose that God carried out through the Messiah Jesus our Lord, | 11according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| 12in whom we have boldness and confident access through his faithfulness. | 12In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence. |
| 13So then, I ask you not to become discouraged because of my troubles on your behalf, which work toward your glory. | 13So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. |
| 14This is the reason I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, | 14... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father, |
| 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its name. | 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. |
| 16I pray that he would give you, according to his glorious riches, strength in your inner being and power through his Spirit, | 16I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, |
| 17and that the Messiah would make his home in your hearts through faith. Then, having been rooted and grounded in love, | 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, |
| 18you will be able to understand, along with all the saints, what is wide, long, high, and deep— | 18will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth |
| 19that is, you will know the love of the Messiah — which transcends knowledge, and will be filled with all the fullness of God. | 19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. |
| 20Now to the one who can do infinitely more than all we can ask or imagine according to the power that is working among us— | 20Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, |
| 21to him be glory in the church and in the Messiah Jesus to all generations, forever and ever! Amen. | 21to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. |
The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. | The Berean Bible (Berean Study Bible (BSB) © 2016, 2018 by Bible Hub and Berean.Bible. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. |
|
