3On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles ²—if indeed you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace given to me for you. ³According to^a revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief, ⁴so that you may be able when you read^b to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ ⁵(which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit): ⁶that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow sharers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, ⁷of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace given to me, according to the working of his power.

⁸To me, the least of all the saints, was given this grace: to proclaim the good news of the fathomless riches of Christ to the Gentiles, ⁹and to enlighten everyone as to what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages by God, who created all things, ¹⁰in order that the many-sided wisdom of God might be made known now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places through the church, ¹¹according to the purpose of the ages which he carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, ¹²in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through faith in him.^c ¹³Therefore I ask you^* not to be discouraged at my afflictions on behalf of you, which are your glory.

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Ephesians 3:8: To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ …

Footnotes

aSome manuscripts have “given to me for you, that according to”
bOr “by reading”
cOr “through his i.e., Christ’s faithfulness”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation