[1] For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,—
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[2] if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;
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[3] how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,
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[4] whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
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[5] which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
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[6] to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
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[7] whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
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[8] Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
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[9] and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;
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[10] to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,
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[11] according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
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[12] in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
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[13] Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.
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[14] For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,
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[15] from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
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[16] that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
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[17] that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
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[18] may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
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[19] and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
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[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,
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[21] unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.
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