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| [1]On this account, I Paul am a prisoner of Jesus the Messiah, for the sake of you Gentiles: |
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| [2]if so be, ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which was given to me among you: |
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| [3]that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, (as I have [now] written to you in brief, |
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| [4]so that while ye read, ye might be able to understand my knowledge of the mystery of the Messiah,) |
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| [5]which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy legates and to his prophets, by the Spirit; |
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| [6]that the Gentiles should be sharers. of his inheritance, and partakers of his body, and of the promise which is given in him by the gospel; |
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| [7]of which I have been a minister, according to the gift of the goodness of God, which was imparted to me by the operation of his power: |
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| [8]to me, who am the least of all the saints, hath this grace been given, that I should announce among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Messiah, |
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| [9]and should show to all men what is the dispensation of the mystery, which for ages was hid up in God the Creator of all [things]: |
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| [10]so that, by means of the church, the manifold wisdom of God might become known to the principalities and powers that are in heaven: |
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| [11]which [wisdom] he arranged ages before, and he hath executed it by Jesus the Messiah our Lord; |
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| [12]through whom we have boldness and access, in the confidence of his faith. |
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| [13]Therefore I pray, that I may not be discouraged by my afflictions, which are for your sakes; for this is your glory. |
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| [14]And I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, |
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| [15]from whom the whole 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, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit; that in your inner man |
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| [17]the Messiah may dwell by faith, and in your hearts by love, while your root and your foundation waxeth strong; |
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| [18]and that ye may be able to explore, with all the saints, what is the height and depth, and length and breadth, |
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| [19]and may know the greatness of the Messiah's love; and [that] ye may be filled with all the fullness of God. |
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| [20]Now to him who is able, by his almighty power, to do for us even more than we ask or think, according to his power that worketh in us; |
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| [21]to him be glory, in his church, by Jesus the Messiah, in all generations, for ever and ever. Amen. |
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