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Ephesians 3

Paul's Stewardship

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For this reason I, Paul,  athe prisoner of  bChrist Jesus  cfor the sake of you  dGentiles--

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if indeed you have heard of the  astewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you;

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 athat  bby revelation there was  cmade known to me  dthe mystery,  eas I wrote before in brief.

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 1By referring to this, when you read you can understand  amy insight  2into the  bmystery of Christ,

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which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy  aapostles and prophets  1in the Spirit;

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to be specific, that the Gentiles are  afellow heirs and  bfellow members of the body, and  cfellow partakers of the promise in  dChrist Jesus through the gospel,

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 aof which I was made a  bminister, according to the gift of  cGod's grace which was given to me  daccording to the working of His power.

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To me,  athe very least of all  1saints, this grace was given, to  bpreach to the Gentiles the unfathomable  criches of Christ,

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and to  1bring to light what is the administration of the  amystery which for ages has been  bhidden in God  cwho created all things;

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so that the manifold  awisdom of God might now be  bmade known through the church to the  crulers and the authorities in  dthe heavenly places.

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This was in  aaccordance with the  1eternal purpose which He  2carried out in  bChrist Jesus our Lord,

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in whom we have boldness and  1 aconfident  baccess through faith  2in Him.

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Therefore I ask  1you not  ato lose heart at my tribulations  bon your behalf,  2for they are your glory.

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For this reason I  abow my knees before the Father,

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from whom  1every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

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that He would grant you, according to  athe riches of His glory, to be  bstrengthened with power through His Spirit in  cthe inner man,

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so that  aChrist may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being  brooted and  cgrounded in love,

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may be able to comprehend with  aall the  1saints what is  bthe breadth and length and height and depth,

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and to know  athe love of Christ which  bsurpasses knowledge, that you may be  cfilled up to all the  dfullness of God.

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 aNow to Him who is  bable to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think,  caccording to the power that works within us,

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 ato Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations  1forever and ever. Amen.



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