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Chapter 3 |
| 1 | For this cause
I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, |
| 2 | If ye have
heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to
you-ward: |
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| How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery;
(as I wrote afore in few words, |
| 4 | Whereby, when ye read, ye may
understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) |
| 5 | Which in other
ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his
holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; |
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6 | That the Gentiles should be
fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by
the gospel: |
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| Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of
the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
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| 8 | Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given,
that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of
Christ; |
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And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery,
which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all
things by Jesus Christ: |
| 10 | To the intent that now unto the
principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the
manifold wisdom of God, |
| 11 | According to the eternal purpose which he
purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: |
| 12 | In whom we have boldness and
access with confidence by the faith of him. |
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13 | Wherefore I desire that
ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. |
| 14 | For
this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
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Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, |
| 16 | That he
would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with
might by his Spirit in the inner man; |
| 17 | That Christ may dwell in your
hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, |
| 18 | May
be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and
depth, and height; |
| 19 | And to know the love of Christ, which
passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
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| 20 | 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 | Unto him
be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.
Amen. |
