MODERN LITERAL VERSION

3:1 Because of this, I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you* Gentiles,
3:2 if actually you* have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me *for you*;
3:3 that he made known the mystery to me according to revelation, just-as I wrote before in few words,
3:4 to which, you* are able, by reading it, to perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
3:5 which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations, as it now was revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit.
3:6 The mystery is that the Gentiles are joint heirs and a joint body and joint partakers of his promise in Christ through the good-news,
3:7 of which I became a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
3:8 This grace was given to me the least of all the holy-ones, to proclaim the untraceable riches of Christ among the Gentiles;
3:9 and to enlighten all with what the stewardship of the mystery is, which has been hidden from the ages, in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;
3:10 in order that now the multifaceted wisdom of God might be made known through the {F} congregation* to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly places.
3:11 This was according to the everlasting purpose which he made* in Christ Jesus our Lord;
3:12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through his faith.
3:13 Hence I ask you* not to be depressed at my afflictions on your* behalf, which are your* glory.

3:14 Because of this, I am bowing my knees to the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
3:15 from whom every family in the heavens and upon the earth is named,
3:16 that* he may give you*, according to the riches of his glory, to be powerful with his power, through his Spirit in the inward man;
3:17 for the Christ to dwell in your* hearts through the faith,
3:18 being rooted and having been founded in love, that* you may have strength to grab, with all the holy-ones, of what is the width and length and depth and height,
3:19 and to know the love* of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that* you* may be filled to all the fullness of God.

3:20 Now to him who is able to do, exceptionally beyond all things, what we are asking or are perceiving, according to the power that is working in us,
3:21 to him is the glory in the congregation* in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
{Footnotes: Eph 3:10 Or: church/the one true church, Eph 4:1-6; discussed more in the Appendix.}