Ephesians · Chapter 3

[ edit] For grace of þis þing I Poul, þe boundyn of Jheſu Criſt, for ȝou heþene men, if neþelees ȝe han herd þe diſpenſacioun of Goddis grace, þat is ȝouun to me in ȝou. For vp reuelacioun þe ſacrament is maad knowun to me, as I aboue wroot in ſchort þing, as ȝe redinge mown vndirſtonde my prudence in þe myſterie of Criſt. Þe which is not knowun to oþere generaciouns to þe ſones of men, as it is now ſchewid to his hooly apoſtlis and prophetis in þe ſpirit, heþen men for to be euene eiris, and to gidere bodily and to gidere parceneris of his biheeſte in Criſt Jheſu by þe euangelie; whos myniſtre I am maad, vp þe ȝifte of Goddis grace, þe which is ȝouun to me vp þe worchinge of his vertu.

Forſoþ to me, leeſt of alle ſeyntis, þis grace is ȝouun for to euangeliſe in heþen men þe vnſerchable richeſſis, or þat mown not be ſouȝt out, of Criſt, and for to ynliȝtne alle men, which is þe diſpenſacioun of ſacrament hid fro worldis in God, þat made alle þingis of noȝt; þat þe mochefold wyſdom of God be knowun to princes and poteſtatis in heuenli þingis by þe chirche, aftir þe ſettinge of worldis, þe which he made in Criſt Jheſu oure Lord. In whom we han truſt and nyȝ comynge, in truſtnynge by þe feiþ of him. For which þing I aſke, þat ȝe fayle not in my tribulaciouns for ȝou, þat is ȝoure glorie.

For grace of þis þing I bowe my knees to þe fadir of oure Lord Jheſu Criſt, of whom ech fadirheed in heuenes and in erþe is named, þat he ȝyue to ȝou, vp þe richeſſis of his glorie, vertu for to be ſtrengþid by his ſpirit in þe ynnere man, Criſt for to dwelle by feiþ in ȝoure hertis; ȝe rootid and groundid in charite, þat ȝe mown comprehende wiþ alle ſeyntis, which is þe brede, and lengþe, and hiȝneſſe, and depneſſe; alſo for to wite þe charite of Criſt aboue ſemynge to ſcience, þat ȝe be fulfillid into al þe plente of God.

Forſoþe to him þat is myȝti for to make alle þingis more plenteuouſly þan we axen or vndirſtonden, vp þe vertu þat worchiþ in vs, to him be glorie in þe chirche, and in Criſt Jheſu, into alle generaciouns of þe world of worldis. Amen. So be it.