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| 3:1 |
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
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| 3:2 |
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
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| 3:3 |
How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
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| 3:4 |
Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
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| 3:5 |
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;
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| 3:6 |
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
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| 3:7 |
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.
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| 3:8 |
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;
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| 3:9 |
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:
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| 3:10 |
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
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| 3:11 |
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
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| 3:12 |
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
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| 3:13 |
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
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| 3:14 |
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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| 3:15 |
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
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| 3:16 |
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
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| 3:17 |
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
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| 3:18 |
May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
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| 3:19 |
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
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| 3:20 |
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,
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| 3:21 |
Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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