¹ For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

² since indeed ye heard of the administration of the grace of God, which was given to me for you,

³ that according to revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.

⁴ With which reading ye can recognize my understanding in the mystery of the Christ,

⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.

⁶ For Gentiles to be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and fellow partakers of his promise in the Christ through the good news.

⁷ Of which I became a helper according to the gift of that grace of God, which was given to me according to the working of his power.

⁸ To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ,

⁹ and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages in God who created all things through Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ So that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principal offices and the positions of authority in the heavenly things, through the church,

¹¹ according to the purpose of the ages, which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

¹² in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through his faith.

¹³ Therefore I ask that ye not become discouraged at my tribulations on your behalf, which is your glory.

¹⁴ For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁵ from whom every patriarchy in heavens and on earth is named.

¹⁶ So that he would grant you, according to the wealth of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit for the inner man,

¹⁷ for the Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith,

¹⁸ having been rooted and grounded in love, so that ye may be able to grasp with all the sanctified what is the breadth and length and depth and height,

¹⁹ and to become aware of the love of the Christ, which transcends knowledge, so that ye may be filled in all the fullness of God.

²⁰ Now to him who is able to do above extraordinary-above all things that we ask or think-according to the power that works in us,

²¹ to him is the glory in the church in Christ Jesus for all generations of the age of the ages. Truly.