1ForthiscauseIPaul, the prisoner of JesusChristforyouGentiles,
2If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of Godwhich is givenmetoyou-ward:
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How thatbyrevelation he made known unto me the mystery;(as I wrote aforein few words,
4Whereby, when ye read, ye mayunderstandmyknowledgein the mystery of Christ)
5Whichinotherageswasnot made known unto the sons of men, as it isnowrevealed unto hisholyapostlesandprophetsby the Spirit;
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That the Gentiles should befellowheirs, and of the same body, andpartakers of hispromiseinChristby the gospel:
7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of Godgiven unto meby the effectual working of hispower.
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Unto me, who am less than the least of allsaints, isthisgracegiven, that I should preachamong the Gentiles the unsearchableriches of Christ;
9And to makeall men seewhat is the fellowship of the mystery, whichfrom the beginning of the world hath been hidinGod, whocreatedallthingsbyJesusChrist:
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To the intent thatnow unto the principalitiesandpowersinheavenly places might be knownby the church the manifoldwisdom of God,
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According to the eternalpurposewhich he purposedinChristJesusourLord:
12Inwhom we haveboldnessandaccesswithconfidenceby the faith of him.
13Wherefore I desire that ye faintnotatmytribulationsforyou, whichisyourglory.
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For thiscause I bowmykneesunto the Father of ourLordJesusChrist,
15Ofwhom the wholefamilyinheavenandearth is named,
16That he would grantyou, according to the riches of hisglory, to be strengthened with mightbyhisSpiritin the innerman;
17ThatChrist may dwellinyourheartsbyfaith; that ye, being rootedandgroundedinlove,
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May be able to comprehendwithallsaintswhat is the breadth, andlength, anddepth, andheight;
19And to know the love of Christ, which passethknowledge, that ye might be filledwithall the fulness of God.
20Now unto him that is abletodoexceedingabundantlyaboveallthat we askorthink, according to the powerthatworkethinus,
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Unto him be gloryin the churchbyChristJesusthroughoutallages, world without end. Amen.