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Ephesians 3 New Living Translation

God’s Mysterious Plan Revealed

1.When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles* …

2. assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you Gentiles.

3. As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me.

4. As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ.

5. God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.

6. And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.

7. By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.

8. 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.

9. I was chosen to explain to everyone* this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.

10. 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.

11. This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

12. Because of Christ and our faith in him,* we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.

13. So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.Paul’s Prayer for Spiritual Growth

14. When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,*

15. the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.*

16. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

17. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.

18. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.

19. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

20. Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

21. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

Ephesians 3 New Living Translation

God’s Mysterious Plan Revealed

1.When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles* …

2. assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you Gentiles.

3. As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me.

4. As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ.

5. God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.

6. And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.

7. By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.

8. 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.

9. I was chosen to explain to everyone* this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.

10. 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.

11. This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

12. Because of Christ and our faith in him,* we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.

13. So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.Paul’s Prayer for Spiritual Growth

14. When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,*

15. the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.*

16. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

17. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.

18. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.

19. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

20. Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

21. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

10. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

10. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Ephesians 1:15-23 New International Version (NIV)

15. For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord

Jesus and your love for all God’s people,

16. I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my

prayers.

17. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious

Father, may give you the Spirit[a] of wisdom and revelation, so

that you may know him better.

18. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order

that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the

riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,

19. and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That

power is the same as the mighty strength

20. he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him

at his right hand in the heavenly realms,

21. far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every

name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the

one to come.

22. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to

be head over everything for the church,

23. which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in

every way.

Ephesians 1:15-23 New International Version (NIV)

15. For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord

Jesus and your love for all God’s people,

16. I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my

prayers.

17. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious

Father, may give you the Spirit[a] of wisdom and revelation, so

that you may know him better.

18. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order

that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the

riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,

19. and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That

power is the same as the mighty strength

20. he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him

at his right hand in the heavenly realms,

21. far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every

name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the

one to come.

22. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to

be head over everything for the church,

23. which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in

every way.

13. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,

14. who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

13. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,

14. who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

Luke 16:19-31 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side.[a] The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ 27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house— 28 for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

Luke 16:19-31 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side.[a] The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ 27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house— 28 for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”