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

² if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

³ how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

⁴ by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

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

⁶ that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the¹ promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

1. M TR read "his" instead of "the"

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

⁸ To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

⁹ and to make all men see what is the administration¹ of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things²;

1. TR reads "fellowship" instead of "administration"
2. NU P Vg. M TR add "through Jesus Christ"

¹⁰ to the intent that now through the church the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

¹¹ according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

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

¹³ Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

¹⁴ For this cause, I bow my knees before the Father¹,

1. M TR add "of our Lord Jesus Christ"

¹⁵ from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

¹⁶ that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

¹⁸ may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

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

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

²¹ to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.