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

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

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

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

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

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

4 i n regard to which ye are able, reading, to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,

whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

5 w hich 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 --

which 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;

6 t hat the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

to 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,

7 o f 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;

whereof 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.

8 t o 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,

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

9 a nd 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,

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

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

to 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,

11 a ccording to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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

12 i n whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him,

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

13 w herefore, I ask not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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

14 F or this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,

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

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

16 t hat 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,

that 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;

17 t hat the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

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

18 t hat ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,

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

19 t o know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled -- to all the fulness of God;

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

20 a nd 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,

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

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