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# Chapter 3
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1 For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
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2 assuming you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that he gave me for you.
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3 The mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have briefly written above.
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4 By reading this you are able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ.
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5 This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:
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6 The Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and partners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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7 I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of his power.
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8 This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ,
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9 and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.
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10 This is so that God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.
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11 This is according to his eternal purpose accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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12 In him we have boldness and confident access through faith in him.
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13 So, then, I ask you not to be discouraged over my afflictions on your behalf, for they are your glory.
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14 For this reason I kneel before the Father
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15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.
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16 I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in your inner being through his Spirit,
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17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,
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18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love,
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19 and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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20 Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us—
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21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. |