| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles-- |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you; |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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; |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. |
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