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3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles-- 3:2 if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you; 3:3 that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. 3:4 And by referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, 3:5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; 3:6 [to be specific], that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, 3:7 of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power. 3:8 To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, 3:9 and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things; 3:10 in order that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly [places]. 3:11 [This was] in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, 3:12 in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him. 3:13 Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory. 3:14 For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, 3:15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 3:16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man; 3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; [and] that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 3:18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 3:19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fulness of God. 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 3:21 to Him [be] the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.