1 F or this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

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

2 i f so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;

if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which has been given to me in you,

3 h ow that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,

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

4 w hereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

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

5 w hich in other generation was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

6 t o wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

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

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

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the operation of his power.

8 U nto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable 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 the Christ

9 a nd to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the ages has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.

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

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

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

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

12 i n whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

In whom we have security and access with confidence by the faith of him.

13 W herefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

Therefore 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,

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

15 f rom whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

(of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named),

16 t hat he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

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 t hat Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

that the Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in charity,

18 m ay be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

may be able to well 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 may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

and to know the charity of the Christ, which passes all knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness 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,

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

21 u nto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

unto him be glory in the congregation by Christ Jesus throughout all generations of the ages of the ages. Amen.