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The Mystery of the Gospel
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you Gentiles.
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me.
How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ.
Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.
Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
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.
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
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.
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Paul's Prayer for the Ephesians
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
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.
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
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.
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
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.
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
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.
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,