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Ephesians

For that reason, I, Paul, am the prisoner of the Messiah Jesus for you Gentiles. Surely you have heard of the commission of the grace of God given to me for you — that by revelation the divine secret was made known to me, as I have briefly written already. When you read this, you will be able to perceive my understanding of the revealed secret of the Messiah. This was not made known to people in previous generations, as it has now been revealed to His holy Apostles and prophets in the spirit: it is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the same body, and share equally in the promise in Messiah Jesus through the Gospel. Of this Gospel I became a servant according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me by the energy of His power. To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, in order to proclaim to the Gentiles the boundless riches of the Messiah, and to enlighten everyone about God’s plan — the now-revealed secret which from ages past has been hidden in God, the One who created all things. This enlightening is so that the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places, according to the plan for the ages which He has realized in Messiah Jesus our lord. In him we have access to God with boldness and confidence through his faith. So I ask you not to be discouraged by my trials for you, which are your glory. This is the reason that I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, and ask that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His spirit in your inner person, and that the Messiah may live in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you will be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, and to know the love of the Messiah which surpasses knowledge, so that you will be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to the One who is able to do far more abundantly above all we ask or think, according to the power that energizes us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Messiah Jesus through all generations for all the ages. Amen.

Ephesians