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\v 1 Because of this I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles.
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\v 2 I suppose that you have heard of the administration of the grace of God that he gave me for you.
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\v 3 I am writing according to the revelation made known to me. This is the hidden truth that I wrote about briefly in another letter.
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\v 4 When you read about this, you will be able to understand my insight into this hidden truth about Christ.
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\v 5 In other generations this truth was not made known to the sons of men. But now it has been revealed by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.
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\v 6 This hidden truth is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body. They are fellow sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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\v 7 For this I became a servant by the gift of God's grace given to me through the working of his power.
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\v 8 God gave this gift to me, although I am less than the lowest of those set apart for God. This gift is that I should proclaim to the Gentiles the gospel of the infinite riches of Christ.
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\v 9 I should bring everyone into the light and tell them about God's secret plan. This is the plan that God, who created all things, had hidden for ages in the past.
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\v 10 The purpose for bringing everyone into the light was that, through the church, the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places would come to know the many-sided nature of the wisdom of God.
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\v 11 This will be according to the eternal plan that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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\v 12 For in Christ we have boldness and access with confidence because of our faith in him.
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\v 13 Therefore I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you. These are your glory.
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\v 14 For this cause I bend my knees to the Father,
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\v 15 after whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.
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\v 16 I pray that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit, who is in you.
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\v 17 I pray that Christ may live in your hearts through faith. I pray that you will be rooted and grounded in his love.
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\v 18 May you be in his love so that you can understand, along with all the believers, what is the width, the length, the height, and the depth of Christ's love.
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\v 19 I pray that you may know the greatness of Christ's love, which exceeds knowledge. May you do this so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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\v 20 Now to him who is able to do everything far, far above all that we ask or think, according to his power that works in us,
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\v 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
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