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3:1  For this reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of the Messiah Jesus for the sake of you gentiles.
3:2  Surely you have heard about the responsibility of administering God's grace that was given to me on your behalf,
3:3  and how this secret was made known to me through a revelation, just as I wrote about briefly in the past.
3:4  By reading this, you will be able to grasp my understanding of the secret about the Messiah,
3:5  which in previous generations was not made known to human beings as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. This is that secret:
3:6  The gentiles are heirs-in-common, members-in-common of the body, and common participants in what was promised by the Messiah Jesus through the gospel.
3:7  I have become a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given me by the working of his power.
3:8  To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the gentiles the immeasurable wealth of the Messiah
3:9  and help everyone see how this secret that has been at work was hidden for ages by God, who created all things.
3:10  He did this so that now, through the church, the wisdom of God in all its variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realm
3:11  in keeping with the eternal purpose that God carried out through the Messiah Jesus our Lord,
3:12  in whom we have boldness and confident access through his faithfulness.
3:13  So then, I ask you not to become discouraged because of my troubles on your behalf, which work toward your glory.
3:14  This is the reason I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,
3:15  from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its name.
3:16  I pray that he would give you, according to his glorious riches, strength in your inner being and power through his Spirit,
3:17  and that the Messiah would make his home in your hearts through faith. Then, having been rooted and grounded in love,
3:18  you will be able to understand, along with all the saints, what is wide, long, high, and deep—
3:19  that is, you will know the love of the Messiah — which transcends knowledge, and will be filled with all the fullness of God.
3:20  Now to the one who can do infinitely more than all we can ask or imagine according to the power that is working among us—
3:21  to him be glory in the church and in the Messiah Jesus to all generations, forever and ever! Amen.