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¹ For this cause, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you the nations: - ² If at least ye have heard of the administration of the favour of God which hath been given unto me for you,³ How that, by way of revelation, was made known unto me the sacred secret, - even as I before wrote in brief, - ⁴ Respecting which ye can, by reading, perceive my discernment in the sacred secret of the Christ, - ⁵ Which, in other generations, had not been made known unto the sons of men, as it hath, now, been revealed by his holy apostles and prophets, in Spirit; - ⁶ That they who are of the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through means of the glad-message, - ⁷ Of which I was made a minister, according to the free-gift of the favour of God which was given unto me, according to the energy of his power:⁸ Unto me - the less than least of all saints, was given this favour, unto the nations, to announce the glad-message of the untraceable riches of the Christ,⁹ And to bring to light - what is the administration of the sacred secret which had been hidden away from the ages in God, who did all things create:¹⁰ In order that now, unto the principalities and the authorities in the heavenlies, might be made known, through means of the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God, - ¹¹ According to a plan of the ages which he made in the anointed Jesus our Lord, - ¹² In whom we have our freedom of speech and introduction with assurance, through the faith of him; - ¹³ Wherefore I request, that there be no fainting in my tribulations in your behalf, the which is your glory; -

¹⁴ For this cause, I bow my knees unto the Father, - ¹⁵ From whom every fatherhood in the heavens and upon the earth is named, - ¹⁶ In order that he may give unto you - according to his glorious riches, with power, to be strengthened, through his Spirit, in the inner man,¹⁷ That the Christ may dwell, through means of your faith, in your hearts, in love, having become rooted and founded,¹⁸ In order that ye may be mighty enough to grasp firmly, with all the saints, - what is the breadth and length and depth and height,¹⁹ To get to know, also, the knowledge-surpassing, love of the Christ, - in order that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God:²⁰ Now, unto him who is able to do, above all things, exceeding abundantly above the things which we ask or conceive, - according to the power which doth energise itself within us, - ²¹ Unto him, be the glory, in the assembly, and in Christ Jesus - unto all the generations of the age of ages; Amen: -