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

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

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

if, indeed, ye did hear of the dispensation of the grace of God that was given to me in regard to you,

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

that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few --

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

in regard to which ye are able, reading, to understand my knowledge in the secret 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 to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to 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 nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

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 became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working 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,

to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable 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 cause all to see what the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create 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,

that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

11 a ccording to purpose of the ages, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

according to a purpose of the ages, which He made 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 the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him,

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

wherefore, I ask not to faint in 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 may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to 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 through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

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;

that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what 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.

to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled -- to all the fulness 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,

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

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

to Him the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.