“Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”
To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen — the final doxology directs doxa ('glory') to God en tē ekklēsiā ('in the church') and en Christō Iēsō ('in Christ Jesus'), throughout pasa genea ('all generations') and eis pantas tous aiōnas ('throughout all ages'), the church's eternal worship of God through Christ.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 3:21
“Unto Him be the glory,” he concludes, “in the Church and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations forever and ever. Amen.” Well does he close the discourse with prayer and doxology; for right were it that He, who has bestowed upon us such vast gifts, should be glorified and blessed, so that this is even a proper part of our amazement at His mercies, to give glory for the things advanced to us at God's hands through Jesus Christ. “The glory in the Church.” Well might he say…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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