Ephesians 3:1-11

The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed

1For this reason I, Paul, aa prisoner of Christ Jesus bon behalf of you Gentiles 2assuming that you have heard of cthe stewardship of dGod’s grace that was given to me for you, 3 ehow the mystery was made known to me fby revelation, gas I have written briefly. 4 hWhen you read this, you can perceive my insight into ithe mystery of Christ, 5which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. 6This mystery is
The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4
that the Gentiles are kfellow heirs, lmembers of the same body, and mpartakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

7 nOf this gospel I was made oa minister according to the gift of pGod’s grace, which was given me qby the working of his power. 8To me, rthough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, sto preach to the Gentiles the tunsearchable uriches of Christ, 9and vto bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery whidden for ages in
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God, ywho created all things,
10so that through the church the manifold zwisdom of God aamight now be made known to abthe rulers and authorities acin the heavenly places. 11This was adaccording to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
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