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1 For this cause I Paul, the pris­on­er of Je­sus Christ for you Gen­tiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dis­pen­sa­tion of the grace of God which is giv­en me to you-ward: 3 How that by rev­e­la­tion he made known unto me the mys­tery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Where­by, when ye read, ye may un­der­stand my knowl­edge in the mys­tery of Christ) 5 Which in oth­er ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now re­vealed unto his holy apos­tles and prophets by the Spir­it; 6 That the Gen­tiles should be fel­lowheirs, and of the same body, and par­tak­ers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Where­of I was made a min­is­ter, ac­cord­ing to the gift of the grace of God giv­en unto me by the ef­fec­tu­al work­ing of his pow­er. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace giv­en, that I should preach among the Gen­tiles the un­search­able rich­es of Christ; 9 And to make all men see what is the fel­low­ship of the mys­tery, which from the be­gin­ning of the world hath been hid in God, who cre­at­ed all things by Je­sus Christ: 10 To the in­tent that now unto the prin­ci­pal­i­ties and pow­ers in heav­en­ly places might be known by the church the man­i­fold wis­dom of God, 11 Ac­cord­ing to the eter­nal pur­pose which he pur­posed in Christ Je­sus our Lord: 12 In whom we have bold­ness and ac­cess with con­fi­dence by the faith of him. 13 Where­fore I de­sire that ye faint not at my tribu­la­tions for you, which is your glo­ry. 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Fa­ther of our Lord Je­sus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole fam­i­ly in heav­en and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, ac­cord­ing to the rich­es of his glo­ry, to be strength­ened with might by his Spir­it in the in­ner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, be­ing root­ed and ground­ed in love, 18 May be able to com­pre­hend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which pas­seth knowl­edge, that ye might be filled with all the ful­ness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do ex­ceed­ing abun­dant­ly above all that we ask or think, ac­cord­ing to the pow­er that wor­keth in us, 21 Unto him be glo­ry in the church by Christ Je­sus through­out all ages, world with­out end. Amen.