Chapter 3

  For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles;  

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  If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you:  

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  How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words;  

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  As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,  

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  Which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit:  

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  That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and co-partners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel:  

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  Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power:  

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  To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ,  

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  And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things:  

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  That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,  

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  According to the eternal purpose, which he made, in Christ Jesus our Lord:  

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  In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.  

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  Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.  

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

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  Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named,  

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  That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man,  

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  That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that being rooted and founded in charity,  

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  You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth:  

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  To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.  

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  Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us;  

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  To him be glory in the church, and in Christ Jesus unto all generations, world without end. Amen.  

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