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¹For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

²if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

³how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

⁴whereby, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

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 the Spirit;

⁶that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

⁷whereof I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

⁸To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

⁹and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

¹⁰to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

¹¹according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus, our Lord;

¹²in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.