[1] For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
[2] if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
[3] how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
[4] by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
[5] which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
[6] that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
[7] of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
[8] To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
[9] and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;
[10] to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
[11] according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;
[12] in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
[13] Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
[14] For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
[15] from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
[16] that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
[17] that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
[18] may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
[19] and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
[20] 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,
[21] to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.