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

² if, indeed, you heard of the stewardship of the grace of God given to me for you,

³ that by revelation He made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief,

⁴ by the reading of which you are able to realize my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

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

⁶ for the nations to be joint-heirs, and a joint-body and joint-sharers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,

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

⁸ This grace was given to me, less than the least of all the saints, to proclaim the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ among the nations,

⁹ and to bring to light all, what is the fellowship of the mystery having been hidden from eternity in God, the One creating all things through Jesus Christ,

¹⁰ so that now to the rulers and to the authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

¹¹ according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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

¹³ Therefore, I ask you not to faint at my troubles on your behalf, which is your glory.

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

¹⁵ of whom every family in Heaven and on earth is named,

¹⁶ that He may give you, according to the riches of His glory, by His power to become mighty in the inward man through His Spirit,

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

¹⁸ that you may be given strength to grasp, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and depth and height,

¹⁹ and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to all the fullness of God.

²⁰ Now to Him being able to do exceedingly above all that we ask or think, according to the power working in us,

²¹ to Him be the glory in the church in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age forever. Amen.