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¹ On this account, I Paul am a prisoner of Jesus the Messiah, for the sake of you Gentiles:² if so be, ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which was given to me among you:³ that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, (as I have [fn] written to you in brief, ⁴ so that while ye read, ye might be able to understand my knowledge of the mystery of the Messiah,)⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy legates and to his prophets, by the Spirit;⁶ that the Gentiles should be sharers. of his inheritance, and partakers of his body, and of the promise which is given in him by the gospel;⁷ of which I have been a minister, according to the gift of the goodness of God, which was imparted to me by the operation of his power:⁸ to me, who am the least of all the saints, hath this grace been given, that I should announce among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Messiah,⁹ and should show to all men what is the dispensation of the mystery, which for ages was hid up in God the Creator of all [fn] : ¹⁰ so that, by means of the church, the manifold wisdom of God might become known to the principalities and powers that are in heaven:¹¹ which [fn] he arranged ages before, and he hath executed it by Jesus the Messiah our Lord; ¹² through whom we have boldness and access, in the confidence of his faith.¹³ Therefore I pray, that I may not be discouraged by my afflictions, which are for your sakes; for this is your glory.

¹⁴ And I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,¹⁵ from whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named;¹⁶ that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit; that in your inner man¹⁷ the Messiah may dwell by faith, and in your hearts by love, while your root and your foundation waxeth strong;¹⁸ and that ye may be able to explore, with all the saints, what is the height and depth, and length and breadth,¹⁹ and may know the greatness of the Messiah's love; and [fn] ye may be filled with all the fullness of God. ²⁰ Now to him who is able, by his almighty power, to do for us even more than we ask or think, according to his power that worketh in us;²¹ to him be glory, in his church, by Jesus the Messiah, in all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.