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The Mystery of the Gospel
For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,
(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,
assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you Gentiles.
that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,
As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me.
by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,)
As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ.
which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in [the power of the] Spirit,
God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.
that [they who are of] the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of [his] promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;
of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.
By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.
To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,
Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.
and to enlighten all [with the knowledge of] what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things,
in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various wisdom of God,
God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
according to [the] purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,
This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.
Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.
Paul's Prayer for the Ephesians
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],
of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,
in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man;
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.
that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.
in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;
And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God.
May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.