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The Mystery Revealed
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles —
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles —
assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you Gentiles.
As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me.
how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already,
As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ.
by which, when you read, you 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 to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:
that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,
By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.
of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective 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.
Purpose of the Mystery
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of 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.
This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.
according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.
So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.
Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
from 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 through 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 through faith; that you, 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 the saints what is the width 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.
to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness 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 to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,