¹For this reason, I Paul the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you, the Gentiles, say that, ²if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which has been given to me for you, ³namely that by revelation he made the mystery known to me, as I wrote before briefly, ⁴in the light of which by reading you can appreciate my understanding of the mystery of Christ, ⁵which was not made known to other generations, to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by spirit, ⁶that the Gentiles should be joint heirs and a joint body, and joint partakers of his promise in Christ through the gospel, ⁷of which I have become a minister by the gift of the grace of God which was given to me by the exertion of his power, ⁸to me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given: to preach among the Gentiles the untraceable richness of Christ, ⁹and to enlighten everyone as to what the dispensation of the mystery is, which was hidden from the ages in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ, ¹⁰in order that the intricate wisdom of God might now be made known to the realms and the authorities in the upper-heavenly places through the church, ¹¹according to the purpose of the ages which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, ¹²in whom we have assurance and access in confidence through his faithfulness, ¹³then I ask you not to lose heart in my tribulations for you, which are your glory. ¹⁴For this reason I bow my knees to the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵from whom every family in the heavens and on earth is named, ¹⁶that he may grant you, according to the richness of his glory, to be strengthened by power through his spirit in the inner man, ¹⁷that Christ may dwell through faith in your hearts, ¹⁸that you, being rooted and founded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what the breadth and length and depth and height are, ¹⁹and to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled to the extent of all the fulness of God. ²⁰To him who is able to do superabundantly beyond everything which we ask or conceive of, according to the power exerted in us, ²¹to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus in all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.