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Ephesians 3

Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749–1752), the traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. If you read a modern Bible, this is the same Scripture in older English; some names are spelled differently (Cesarea for Caesarea, Apocalypse for Revelation). About this translation

1 For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles:

2 If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you:

3 How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words:

4 As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,

5 Which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit:

6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body: and copartners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel

7 Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power.

8 To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ: CCC

9 And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God who created all things: CCC

10 That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church, CCC

11 According to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord: CCC

12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. CCC

13 Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, CCC

15 Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named:

16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man: CCC

17 That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity, CCC

18 You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, CCC

19 To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge: that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God. CCC

20 Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us: CCC

21 To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations, world without end. Amen. CCC

This chapter in the Catechism

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.

  1. Verse 8CCC 424
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    • CCC 424 “Moved by the grace of the Holy Spirit and drawn by the Father, we believe in Jesus and confess: 'You are the…”
  2. Verse 9CCC 221 CCC 772 CCC 1066
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    • CCC 221 “But St. John goes even further when he affirms that "God is love": God's very being is love. By sending his only…”
    • CCC 772 “It is in the Church that Christ fulfills and reveals his own mystery as the purpose of God's plan: "to unite all…”
    • CCC 1066 “In the Symbol of the faith the Church confesses the mystery of the Holy Trinity and of the plan of God's "good…”
  3. Verse 10CCC 221 CCC 772
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    • CCC 221 “But St. John goes even further when he affirms that "God is love": God's very being is love. By sending his only…”
    • CCC 772 “It is in the Church that Christ fulfills and reveals his own mystery as the purpose of God's plan: "to unite all…”
  4. Verse 11CCC 221 CCC 772
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    • CCC 221 “But St. John goes even further when he affirms that "God is love": God's very being is love. By sending his only…”
    • CCC 772 “It is in the Church that Christ fulfills and reveals his own mystery as the purpose of God's plan: "to unite all…”
  5. Verse 12CCC 221 CCC 2778
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    • CCC 221 “But St. John goes even further when he affirms that "God is love": God's very being is love. By sending his only…”
    • CCC 2778 “This power of the Spirit who introduces us to the Lord's Prayer is expressed in the liturgies of East and of West…”
  6. Verse 14CCC 239 CCC 2367
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    • CCC 239 “By calling God "Father", the language of faith indicates two main things: that God is the first origin of everything and transcendent…”
    • CCC 2367 “Called to give life, spouses share in the creative power and fatherhood of God. "Married couples should regard it as their proper…”
  7. Verse 16CCC 1073 CCC 1995 CCC 2714
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    • CCC 1073 “The liturgy is also a participation in Christ's own prayer addressed to the Father in the Holy Spirit. In the liturgy, all…”
    • CCC 1995 “The Holy Spirit is the master of the interior life. By giving birth to the "inner man," justification entails the sanctification of…”
    • CCC 2714 “Contemplative prayer is also the pre-eminently intense time of prayer. In it the Father strengthens our inner being with power through his…”
  8. Verse 17CCC 1073 CCC 2714
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    • CCC 1073 “The liturgy is also a participation in Christ's own prayer addressed to the Father in the Holy Spirit. In the liturgy, all…”
    • CCC 2714 “Contemplative prayer is also the pre-eminently intense time of prayer. In it the Father strengthens our inner being with power through his…”
  9. Verse 18CCC 2565
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    • CCC 2565 “In the New Covenant, prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father who is good beyond measure,…”
  10. Verse 19CCC 2565
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    • CCC 2565 “In the New Covenant, prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father who is good beyond measure,…”
  11. Verse 20CCC 2565 CCC 2641
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    • CCC 2565 “In the New Covenant, prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father who is good beyond measure,…”
    • CCC 2641 “[Address] one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart." Like…”
  12. Verse 21CCC 2565 CCC 2641
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    • CCC 2565 “In the New Covenant, prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father who is good beyond measure,…”
    • CCC 2641 “[Address] one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart." Like…”
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