1 F or this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,

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

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

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

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

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

4 b y which, in reading it, ye can understand my intelligence in the mystery of the Christ,)

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

5 w hich 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,

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 hat the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;

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

7 o f which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to 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 T o 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,

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 enlighten all what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has 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 i n order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various 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 purpose of the ages, 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 by the faith of him.

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

13 W herefore I beseech not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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

14 F or this reason I bow my knees to the Father,

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

15 o f whom every family in heavens and on earth is named,

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

16 i n 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;

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 the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,

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

18 i n order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what the breadth and length and depth and height;

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 the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled to 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 B ut to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works 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 t o him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen).

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