Ephesians 3

¹For this cause, I Paul am the prisoner of Iesus Christ for you Gentiles,

²If ye haue heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which is giuen me to you warde,

³That is, that God by reuelation hath shewed this mysterie vnto me (as I wrote aboue in fewe wordes,

⁴Whereby when ye reade, ye may knowe mine vnderstanding in the mysterie of Christ)

⁵Which in other ages was not opened vnto the sonnes of men, as it is nowe reueiled vnto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit,

⁶That the Gentiles should be inheriters also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel,

⁷Whereof I am made a minister by the gift of the grace of God giuen vnto me through the effectuall working of his power.

⁸Euen vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen, that I should preach among the Gentiles the vnsearchable riches of Christ,

⁹And to make cleare vnto all men what the fellowship of the mysterie is, which from the beginning of the world hath bene hid in God, who hath created all things by Iesus Christ,

¹⁰To the intent, that nowe vnto principalities and powers in heauenly places, might be knowen by the Church the manifolde wisedome of God,

¹¹According to the eternall purpose, which he wrought in Christ Iesus our Lord:

¹²By whom we haue boldenes and entrance with confidence, by faith in him.

¹³Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for your sakes, which is your glory.