1 F or this reason '> because I preached that you are thus built up together], I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus the Christ for the sake and on behalf of you Gentiles—

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

2 A ssuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace (His unmerited favor) that was entrusted to me for your benefit,

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

3 t hat the mystery (secret) was made known to me and I was allowed to comprehend it by direct revelation, as I already briefly wrote you.

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

4 W hen you read this you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ.

whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

5 w as never disclosed to human beings in past generations as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles (consecrated messengers) and prophets by the Spirit.

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;

6 t hat the Gentiles are now to be fellow heirs, members of the same body and joint partakers in the same divine promise in Christ through the glad tidings (the Gospel).

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

7 O f this I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s free grace (undeserved favor) which was bestowed on me by the exercise (the working in all its effectiveness) of His power.

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.

8 T o me, though I am the very least of all the saints (God’s consecrated people), this grace (favor, privilege) was granted and graciously entrusted: to proclaim to the Gentiles the unending (boundless, fathomless, incalculable, and exhaustless) riches of 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;

9 A lso to enlighten all men and make plain to them what is the plan of the mystery kept hidden through the ages and concealed until now in God Who created all things by Christ Jesus.

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:

10 t hat through the church the complicated, many-sided wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known to the angelic rulers and authorities (principalities and powers) in the heavenly sphere.

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

11 T his is in accordance with the terms of the eternal and timeless purpose which He has realized and carried into effect in Christ Jesus our Lord,

according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

12 I n Whom, because of our faith in Him, we dare to have the boldness (courage and confidence) of free access (an unreserved approach to God with freedom and without fear).

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

13 S o I ask you not to lose heart at what I am suffering in your behalf. for it is an honor to you.

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

14 F or this reason '> seeing the greatness of this plan by which you are built together in Christ], I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 F or Whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.

of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16 M ay He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the 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;

17 M ay Christ through your faith dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,

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

18 T hat you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth;

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

19 t o know '> through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge; that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God '> become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!

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

20 N ow to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the power that is at work within us, is able to do superabundantly, far over and above all that we 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,

21 T o Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it).

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