| 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 : |
| 3 | 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 ; |
| 6 | That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs , and of the same body , and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel : |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 ; |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 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 , |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 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 . |
