001 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
002 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
003 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
004 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
005 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;
006 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
007 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.
008 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;
009 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:
010 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
011 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
012 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
013 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
014 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
015 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
016 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
017 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
018 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
019 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
020 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,
021 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.