1 F or this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

2 i f ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

3 h ow that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

4 w hereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

5 w hich 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;

6 t hat the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

7 w hereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

8 U nto 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;

9 a nd 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:

10 t o the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

11 a ccording to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

12 i n whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

13 W herefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

14 F or this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 o f whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16 t hat he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

17 t hat Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 m ay be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19 a nd to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

20 N ow unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

21 u nto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.