1 - For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles:
2 - If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you:
3 - How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words:
4 - As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,
5 - Which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit:
6 - That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body: and copartners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel
7 - Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power.
8 - To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ:
9 - And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God who created all things:
10 - That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,
11 - According to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12 - In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13 - Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 - For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 - Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named:
16 - That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man:
17 - That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,
18 - You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19 - To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge: that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
20 - Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us:
21 - To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations, world without end. Amen.
