The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed

¹For this reason I, Paul, oa prisoner of Christ Jesus pon behalf of you Gentiles— ²assuming that you have heard of qthe stewardship of rGod's grace that was given to me for you, ³show the mystery was made known to me tby revelation, uas I have written briefly. ⁴vWhen you read this, you can perceive my insight into wthe mystery of Christ, ⁵which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. ⁶This mystery is1 that the Gentiles are xfellow heirs, ymembers of the same body, and zpartakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

⁷aOf this gospel I was made ba minister according to the gift of cGod's grace, which was given me dby the working of his power. ⁸To me, ethough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, fto preach to the Gentiles the gunsearchable hriches of Christ, ⁹and ito bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery jhidden for ages in2 God, kwho created all things, ¹⁰so that through the church the manifold lwisdom of God mmight now be made known to nthe rulers and authorities oin the heavenly places. ¹¹This was paccording to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, ¹²in whom we have qboldness and raccess with sconfidence through our tfaith in him. ¹³So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering ufor you, vwhich is your glory.

Prayer for Spiritual Strength

¹⁴For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, ¹⁵from whom wevery family3 in heaven and on earth is named, ¹⁶that according to xthe riches of his glory yhe may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit zin your inner being, ¹⁷aso that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being brooted and cgrounded in love, ¹⁸may have strength to dcomprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and eheight and depth, ¹⁹and to know the love of Christ fthat surpasses knowledge, that gyou may be filled with all hthe fullness of God.

²⁰iNow to jhim who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, kaccording to the power at work within us, ²¹lto him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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