Ephesians Chapter 3

Ephesians Chapter 3

For this reason, I Paul, the prisoner of JC for you Gentiles (what? What? JC took Paul prisoner? Since when?), if you have heard have heard the dispensation related to God’s grace that was given to me to give to you (yeah, none of these are complete sentences. Sorry. Paul’s grammar is terrible. So terrible in fact that hundreds of translations still can’t improve it). You remember how I am special and received a revelation so I could know God’s mystery, I wrote this before in a few words, so you could read it and know that I have knowledge of the mystery of Christ (lucky Paul, I’ll never understand the mystery of how his dying on the cross does anything for anybody).

In other ages this special mystery wasn’t made known to the sons of men (I suppose these are different from the son of man who is JC, right?), but now it’s been revealed to JC’s holy apostles and other prophets by the Spirit (similar to the Great Pumpkin… oops, is that blaspheming the holy spirit again? Am I going to hell… AGAIN?) . The Gentiles should be heirs to JC along with the Jews. They should be of the same body and partake of JC’s promise through the gospel (which specific gospel was Paul referring to, I wonder).

I was made a minister, by the grace of God and the effectual workings of his power (well, I should hope so. I’d hate to think your almighty was ineffectual).

I am less than the least of the saints, but still grace was given to me so that I could preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ (do you think in this context unsearchable could be translated as illogical? Just curious.)

Also, I am here to make all men see the fellowship of this mystery that from the beginning of the world has been hidden in God who created all things by Jesus Christ (wait, huh? God made the world way before he made JC, right? And doesn’t that line my it seem like JC is more powerful than God. Also, I am curious where this idea of JC, God and the Holy Spirit being one entity came around. I feel like… and I may have to reread… what I’m getting from the bible is that they are three different entities. Eh… who knows? Questions for a future date.)

Now the prinicipalities and powers in heavenly places can be known by the church and so can the great wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose that he used JC to show us.

It is in JC that we have boldness and can access with confidence faith in him.

I desire that you don’t worry about by tribulations for you, because it’s for your glory. For these reasons I bow my knees to the Father of JC, of whom the whole family in of his glory, that you will be strengthened by the might of his Spirit in your inner being.

Christ will dwell in your hearts if you have faith and are rooted and grounded in love. You might even be able to comprehend like the saints what is the breadth, the length, the depth and the height (of what… don’t know… maybe that’s just a bad edit from the old scribes).

And you’ll know the love of Christ which surpasses all knowledge, so that you can be filled with the fullness of God.

Now we commend until him that is able to do exceedingly and abundantly more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in all of us.

Unto him is the glory in the church by JC throughout all ages. World without end. Amen

Thanks Paul, very informative. Ugh.