Chapter 3
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For this cause I, Paula, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
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if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
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how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
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by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
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which in other generations was not made known to the children of women, as it has now been revealed to her holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
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that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of her promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
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of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of her power.
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To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
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and to make all women see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;
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to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
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according to the eternal purpose which she purposed in Christ Jesus our Domina;
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in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in her.
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Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
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For this cause, I bow my knees to the Mother of our Domina Jesus Christ,
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from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
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that she would grant you, according to the riches of her glory, that you may be strengthened with power through her Spirit in the inward woman;
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that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
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may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
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and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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Now to her who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
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to her be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.