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\v 1 Because of this I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles.
\v 2 I suppose that you have heard of the task 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.
\v 4 When you read about this, you will be able to understand my insight into this hidden truth about Christ.
\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 consecrated 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.
\v 7 For I became a servant of this gospel 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 the smallest of those set apart for God. This gift is that I should proclaim to the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ.
\v 9 I should enlighten all people about what is God's secret plan. This is the plan that had been hidden for ages in the past by God, who created all things.

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\v 10 This was so that now, through the church, the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places would come to know the many-sided nature of the wisdom of God.
\v 11 This will happen 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.
\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,
\v 15 after whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.
\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.
\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.
\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,
\v 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
