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The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles —

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The Mystery of the Gospel

For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,

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assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

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(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,

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how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.

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that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,

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When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ,

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by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,)

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which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

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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,

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This mystery isa that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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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;

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Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power.

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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.

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To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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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,

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and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages inb God, who created all things,

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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,

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so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

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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,

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This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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according to [the] purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.

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in whom we have boldness and access in confidence by the faith of him.

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So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

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Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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Prayer for Spiritual Strength

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

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Paul's Prayer for the Ephesians

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],

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from whom every familyc in heaven and on earth is named,

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of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,

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that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

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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;

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so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith — that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

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that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,

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may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

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in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;

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and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God.

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Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

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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,

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to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen).

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Ephesians 3

Ephesians 3