| NET Bible | New International Version |
| 1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles-- | 1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles-- |
| 2if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, | 2Surely you have heard about the administration of God's grace that was given to me for you, |
| 3that by revelation the divine secret was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. | 3that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. |
| 4When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ. | 4In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, |
| 5Now this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, | 5which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. |
| 6namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. | 6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. |
| 7I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power. | 7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given me through the working of his power. |
| 8To me--less than the least of all the saints--this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ | 8Although I am less than the least of all the Lord's people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, |
| 9and to enlighten everyone about God's secret plan--a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things. | 9and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. |
| 10The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms. | 10His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, |
| 11This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, | 11according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| 12in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness. | 12In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. |
| 13For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. | 13I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. |
| 14For this reason I kneel before the Father, | 14For this reason I kneel before the Father, |
| 15from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named. | 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. |
| 16I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, | 16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, |
| 17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love, | 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, |
| 18you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, | 18may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, |
| 19and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. | 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. |
| 20Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think, | 20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, |
| 21to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. | 21to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. |
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