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| [1]For this cause I Paul [am] a prisoner of Iesus Christe, for you heathen |
[1]For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations, |
| [2]Yf ye haue hearde of the dispensatio of the grace of God, which is geuen me to youwarde |
[2]if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you, |
| [3]For by reuelation shewed he the misterie vnto me (as I wrote afore in fewe wordes |
[3]that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few [words] -- |
| [4]Whereby, when ye reade, ye may vnderstande my knowledge in the misterie of Christe |
[4]in regard to which ye are able, reading [it], to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ, |
| [5]Which [misterie] in other ages was not opened vnto the sonnes of men, as it is nowe reuealed vnto his holy apostles and prophetes by the spirite |
[5]which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit -- |
| [6]That the gentiles shoulde be inheritours also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christe, by the Gospell |
[6]that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news, |
| [7]Wherof I am made a minister, accordyng to the gyfte of the grace of God, which is geuen vnto me after the workyng of his power |
[7]of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power; |
| [8]Unto me the least of all saintes is this grace geuen, that I shoulde preache among the gentiles the vnsearchable ryches of Christe |
[8]to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ, |
| [9]And to bring to lyght to all men what the felowship of the misterie is whiche from the begynnyng of the world hath ben hid in god, which made all thinges through Iesus Christe |
[9]and to cause all to see what [is] the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ, |
| [10]To thintent that nowe vnto the rulers and power in heauenly [thynges] myght be knowen by ye Church, the very manyfolde wysedome of God |
[10]that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly [places], through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God, |
| [11]According to ye eternall purpose which he wrought in Christe Iesus our Lord |
[11]according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord, |
| [12]By who we haue boldnesse & entraunce in ye confidence which is by faith of him |
[12]in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him, |
| [13]Wherfore I desire that ye faynt not in my tribulations for you, whiche is your glorie |
[13]wherefore, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory. |
| [14]For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe |
[14]For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| [15]Of who all the famyly in heauen and earth is named |
[15]of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named, |
| [16]That he would graunt you, according to the rychesse of his glorie, to be strengthed with myght by his spirite in the inner man |
[16]that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man, |
| [17]That Christe may dwell in your heartes by fayth: that ye beyng rooted and grounded in loue |
[17]that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded, |
| [18]Myght be able to comprehende with al saintes, what is the breadth, & length, and deapth, and heygth |
[18]that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, |
| [19]And to knowe the loue of Christe, whiche excelleth knowledge, that ye might be fylled with all fulnesse of God |
[19]to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled -- to all the fulness of God; |
| [20]Unto him that is able to do exceeding aboundauntly aboue all that we aske or thynke, accordyng to the power that worketh in vs |
[20]and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, |
| [21]Be prayse in the Churche by Christe Iesus, throughout all ages, worlde without ende. Amen |
[21]to Him [is] the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen. |