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 reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,

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 indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,

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.

that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,

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

by which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the 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 generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in 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 nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;

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.

of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the 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,

To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the 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 enlighten all what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things,

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.

in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various 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 purpose of the ages, 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 in 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 beseech not to faint through 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 reason I bow my knees to the Father,

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

of whom every family in heavens and on 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.

in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power 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 the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded 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;

in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what 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 the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled to 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 —

But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works 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).

to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen).