Ep 3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you, the Gentiles —
Ep 3:2If indeed you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you,
Ep 3:3That by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I have written previously in brief,
Ep 3:4By which, in reading it, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,
Ep 3:5Which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in spirit,
Ep 3:6That in Christ Jesus the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the Body and fellow partakers of the promise through the gospel,
Ep 3:7Of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the operation of His power.
Ep 3:8To me, less than the least of all saints, was this grace given to announce to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel
Ep 3:9And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things,
Ep 3:10In order that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenlies the multifarious wisdom of God might be made known through the church,
Ep 3:11According to the eternal purpose which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Ep 3:12In whom we have boldness and access in confidence through faith in Him.
Ep 3:13Therefore I ask you not to faint at my afflictions for your sake, since they are your glory.
Ep 3:14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,
Ep 3:15Of whom every family in the heavens and on earth is named,
Ep 3:16That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man,
Ep 3:17That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ep 3:18May be full of strength to apprehend with all the saints what the breadth and length and height and depth are
Ep 3:19And to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God.
Ep 3:20But to Him who is able to do superabundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power which operates in us,
Ep 3:21To Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all the generations forever and ever. Amen.
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