Ephesians 2:14–3:13

¹⁴For He Himself is ^aour peace, ^bwho made both groups into one and broke down the ¹barrier of the dividing wall,

¹⁵¹by ^aabolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is ^bthe Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^2cmake the two into ^done new man, thus establishing ^epeace,

¹⁶and might ^areconcile them both in ^bone body to God through the cross, ¹by it having ^cput to death the enmity.

¹⁷And ^aHe came and preached ^bpeace to you who were ^cfar away, and peace to those who were near;

¹⁸for through Him we both have ^aour access in ^bone Spirit to ^cthe Father.

¹⁹So then you are no longer ^astrangers and aliens, but you are ^bfellow citizens with the ¹saints, and are of ^cGod’s household,

²⁰having been ^abuilt on ^bthe foundation of ^cthe apostles and prophets, ^dChrist Jesus Himself being the ^ecorner stone,

^21ain whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into ^ba holy ¹temple in the Lord,

²²in whom you also are being ^abuilt together into a ^bdwelling of God in the Spirit.

Chapter 3

Paul’s Stewardship

¹For this reason I, Paul, ^athe prisoner of ^bChrist Jesus ^cfor the sake of you ^dGentiles—

²if indeed you have heard of the ^astewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;

^3athat ^bby revelation there was ^cmade known to me ^dthe mystery, ^eas I wrote before in brief.

⁴¹By referring to this, when you read you can understand ^amy insight ²into the ^bmystery of Christ,

⁵which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy ^aapostles and prophets ¹in the Spirit;

⁶to be specific, that the Gentiles are ^afellow heirs and ^bfellow members of the body, and ^cfellow partakers of the promise in ^dChrist Jesus through the gospel,

^7aof which I was made a ^bminister, according to the gift of ^cGod’s grace which was given to me ^daccording to the working of His power.

⁸To me, ^athe very least of all ¹saints, this grace was given, to ^bpreach to the Gentiles the unfathomable ^criches of Christ,

⁹and to ¹bring to light what is the administration of the ^amystery which for ages has been ^bhidden in God ^cwho created all things;

¹⁰so that the manifold ^awisdom of God might now be ^bmade known through the church to the ^crulers and the authorities in ^dthe heavenly places.

¹¹This was in ^aaccordance with the ¹eternal purpose which He ²carried out in ^bChrist Jesus our Lord,

¹²in whom we have boldness and ^1aconfident ^baccess through faith ²in Him.

¹³Therefore I ask ¹you not ^ato lose heart at my tribulations ^bon your behalf, ²for they are your glory.