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For thiscauseIPaul, the prisoner of JesusChristforyouGentiles,
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If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of Godwhich is givenmetoyou-ward:
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How thatbyrevelation he made known unto me the mystery;* (as I wrote aforein few words,
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Whereby*, when ye read , ye mayunderstandmyknowledgein the mystery of Christ)
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Whichinotherageswasnot made known unto the sons of men,as it isnowrevealed unto hisholyapostlesandprophetsby the Spirit;
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That the Gentiles should befellowheirs,and of the same body,andpartakers of hispromiseinChristby the gospel:
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Whereof I was made a minister,according to the gift of the grace of Godgiven unto meby the effectual working of hispower.
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Unto me, who am less than the least of allsaints,isthisgracegiven , that I should preachamong the Gentiles the unsearchableriches of Christ;
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And to makeall men seewhat is the fellowship of the mystery,whichfrom the beginning of the world hath been hidinGod,whocreated all thingsbyJesusChrist:
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To the intent thatnow unto the principalitiesandpowersinheavenly places might be knownby the church the manifoldwisdom of God,
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According to the eternalpurposewhich he purposedinChristJesusourLord:
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Inwhom we haveboldnessandaccesswithconfidenceby the faith of him.
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Wherefore I desire that ye faintnotatmytribulationsforyou,whichisyourglory.