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¹ Because of this, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you, the nations,² if, indeed, you heard of the stewardship of the grace of God given to me for you,³ that by revelation He made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief,⁴ by the reading of which you are able to realize my understanding in the mystery of Christ,⁵ which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations, as now it was revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,⁶ for the nations to be joint-heirs, and a joint-body and joint-sharers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,⁷ of which I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of His power.⁸ This grace was given to me, I being less than the least of all the saints, to preach the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ among the nations,⁹ and to bring to light all, what is the fellowship of the mystery having been hidden from eternity in God, the One creating all things through Jesus Christ,¹⁰ so that now to the rulers and to the authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God,¹¹ according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,¹² in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through His faith.¹³ Therefore, I ask you not to faint at my troubles on your behalf, which is your glory.

¹⁴ For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,¹⁵ of whom every family in Heaven and on earth is named,¹⁶ that He may give you, according to the riches of His glory, by His power to become mighty in the inward man through His Spirit,¹⁷ that through faith Christ may dwell in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,¹⁸ that you may be given strength to grasp, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and depth and height,¹⁹ and to know the surpassing knowledge and love of Christ, that you may be filled to all the fullness of God.²⁰ Now to Him being able to do exceedingly above all that we ask or think, according to the power working in us,²¹ to Him be the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.