BRS.EPHESIANS.03

1 So I, Paul, am a prisoner because I serve MESSIAH YAHUSHA for you who are not Jews, but Gentiles in the flesh. 2 Surely you know that Alahim gave me this work through his favour to help you. 3 Alahim let me know His secret plan by showing it to me. I have already written a little about this. 4 And if you read what I wrote, you can see that I understand the secret truth about YAHUSHA MESSIAH. 5 People who lived in other times were not told that secret truth. But now, through the Spirit, Alahim has made it known to His Set-Apart Disciples and Prophets. 6 And this is the secret truth: that by hearing the Good News, those who are Gentiles will share with the Jews in the blessings Alahim has for His people. They are part of the same body, and they share in the same promise Alahim made through MESSIAH YAHUSHA.

7 By Alahim’s special gift of favour, I became a servant to declare that Good News. He gave me that favour by using His power. 8 I am the least important of all Alahim’s people. But He gave me this gift—to tell the Gentile nations the Good News about the riches Messiah has. These riches are too great to understand fully. 9 And Alahim gave me the work of telling all people about the plan for His secret truth. That secret truth has been hidden in Him since the beginning of time. He is the One Who created everything. 10 His purpose was that all the rulers and powers in the Heavenly places will now know the many different ways He shows His wisdom. And they will know this because of His Assembly. 11 This agrees with the plan Alahim had since the beginning of time. He did what He planned, and He did it through (AS) MESSIAH YAHUSHA our Master. 12 In Messiah we come before Alahim with freedom and without fear. We can do this because of our trusting-belief in Him. 13 So I ask you not to be discouraged because of what is happening to me. My sufferings are for your benefit—for your honour and esteem.

14 So I bow in prayer before the Father of our MASTER YAHUSHA MESSIAH. 15 Every family in Heaven and on earth gets its true name from Him. 16 I ask the Father with His great glorious-esteem and majestic-splendour to give you the power to be strong in your spirits. He will give you that strength through His Spirit. 17 I pray that Messiah will live in your hearts because of your trusting-belief. I pray that your life will be strong in love and be built on love. 18 And I pray that you and all Alahim’s Set-Apart people will have the power to understand the greatness of Messiah’s love—how wide, how long, how high, and how deep that love is. 19 Messiah’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with everything Alahim has for you.

20 With Alahim’s power working in us, He can do much, much more than anything we can ask or think of. 21 To him be glorious-esteem and majestic-splendour in the Assembly and in Messiah YAHUSHA for all time, forever and ever. Amein.

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