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OET (OET-RV) Now we offer praise to God in the church and for all the generations to come and to Yeshua the messiah—God who, through the power that works in us, is able to do far more than we can ask for or even understand. May it be so.
OET-LV And to_the one being_able above all things, to_do exceedingly that we_are_requesting or are_understanding, according_to the power which working in us,
SR-GNT Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ πάντα, ποιῆσαι ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα ἢ νοοῦμεν, κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν, ‡
(Tōi de dunamenōi huper panta, poiaʸsai huperekperissou hōn aitoumetha aʸ nooumen, kata taʸn dunamin taʸn energoumenaʸn en haʸmin,)
Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And to the one being able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,
UST Praise God, who is able to do much more than anything that we ask him to do, or even that we think that he can do, because of how powerfully he works within us!
BSB § Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
BLB Now to the One being able to do exceedingly above all things that we ask or think, according to the power working in us,
AICNT Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
OEB ¶ To him who, through his power which is at work within us, is able to do far more than anything that we can ask or conceive –
CSB Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us—
NLT 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.
NIV Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
ESV Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
NASB Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,
LSB Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or understand, according to the power that works within us,
WEBBE Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
WMBB (Same as above)
MSG (20-21)God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.
Glory to God in the church!
Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus!
Glory down all the generations!
Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!
NET Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,
LSV and to Him who is able to do exceedingly [and] abundantly above all things that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,
FBV Now may he who—through his power working in us—can do infinitely more than we ever ask for or even think about,
TCNT Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we could ask or imagine, according to the power at work within us—
T4T God is able to do much ◄greater things/more► than we could ask him to do, or even that we might think that he can do, by his power that is working within us.
LEB Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,
NRSV Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine,
NKJV Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
NAB Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us,
BBE Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,
Moff No Moff EPH book available
Wymth Now to Him who, in exercise of His power that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely beyond all our highest prayers or thoughts—
ASV Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
DRA 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;
YLT and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,
Drby But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,
RV Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Wbstr Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.
KJB-1769 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
KJB-1611 Now vnto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly aboue all that wee aske or thinke, according to the power that worketh in vs,
(Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or thinke, according to the power that worketh in us,)
Bshps Unto him that is able to do exceeding aboundauntly aboue all that we aske or thynke, accordyng to the power that worketh in vs,
(Unto him that is able to do exceeding aboundauntly above all that we ask or think, accordyng to the power that worketh in us,)
Gnva Vnto him therefore that is able to do exceeding aboundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke, according to the power that worketh in vs,
(Unto him therefore that is able to do exceeding aboundantly above all that we ask or thinke, according to the power that worketh in us, )
Cvdl Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly, aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde (acordinge to ye power that worketh in vs)
(Unto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly, above all that we axe or understood (acordinge to ye/you_all power that worketh in us))
TNT Vnto him that is able to do excedynge aboudantly above all that we axe or thynke accordynge to the power that worketh in vs
(Unto him that is able to do excedynge aboudantly above all that we axe or think accordynge to the power that worketh in us )
Wycl And to hym that is myyti to do alle thingis more plenteuousli than we axen or vndurstondun, bi the vertu that worchith in vs,
(And to him that is mighty to do all things more plenteuousli than we axen or understondun, by the virtue that worchith in us,)
Luth Dem aber, der überschwenglich tun kann über alles, was wir bitten oder verstehen, nach der Kraft, die da in uns wirket,
(Dem but, the/of_the überschwenglich do/put kann above all/everything, what/which we/us bitten or verstehen, after the/of_the Kraft, the there in us/to_us/ourselves wirket,)
ClVg Ei autem, qui potens est omnia facere superabundanter quam petimus aut intelligimus, secundum virtutem, quæ operatur in nobis:[fn]
(Ei however, who powerful it_is everything facere superabundanter how petimus aut intelligimus, after/second virtutem, which operatur in nobis: )
3.20 Potens est omnia facere, etc. In hac sunt quædam quæ nemo alioqui peteret vel intelligeret, ut quod Deus homo pro hominibus moreretur et hujusmodi alia.
3.20 Potens it_is everything facere, etc. In hac are quædam which nemo alioqui peteret or intelligeret, as that God human for hominibus would_die and huyusmodi alia.
UGNT τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ πάντα, ποιῆσαι ὑπέρἐκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα ἢ νοοῦμεν, κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν;
(tōi de dunamenōi huper panta, poiaʸsai huperekperissou hōn aitoumetha aʸ nooumen, kata taʸn dunamin taʸn energoumenaʸn en haʸmin;)
SBL-GNT Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ πάντα ποιῆσαι ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα ἢ νοοῦμεν κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν,
(Tōi de dunamenōi huper panta poiaʸsai huperekperissou hōn aitoumetha aʸ nooumen kata taʸn dunamin taʸn energoumenaʸn en haʸmin,)
TC-GNT Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ πάντα ποιῆσαι ὑπὲρ ἐκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα ἢ νοοῦμεν, κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν,
(Tōi de dunamenōi huper panta poiaʸsai huper ekperissou hōn aitoumetha aʸ nooumen, kata taʸn dunamin taʸn energoumenaʸn en haʸmin, )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
3:20 all glory to God: Because of the grace God has shown in Jesus Christ, he deserves nothing less.
• The mighty power at work within us is the power of the living God that raised Christ from the dead (see 1:19-20). By that power, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think, because God is at work in the lives of his children (see Rom 8:31-39; Phil 4:13; Col 1:29).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
The words “we” and “us” in this book continue to include Paul and all believers.
Connecting Statement:
Paul concludes his prayer with a blessing.
(Occurrence 0) τῷ δὲ
˱to˲_the_‹one› and
Alternate translation: “Now to God, who”
(Occurrence 0) ὑπὲρ πάντα, ποιῆσαι ὑπέρἐκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα ἢ νοοῦμεν
above all_‹things› /to/_do (Some words not found in SR-GNT: τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ πάντα ποιῆσαι ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα ἢ νοοῦμεν κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν)
Alternate translation: “to do much more than all that we ask or think” or “to do things that are much greater than anything that we ask him for or think about”