^25 (A)I ^[a]was made a minister of this church according to the ^(B)commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might ^[b]fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

¹⁰ regarding His plan of ^(A)the fullness of the times, ^(B)to bring all things together in Christ, things ^[a]in the heavens and things on the earth.

² if indeed you have heard of the ^(A)administration of God’s grace which was given to me for you;

¹⁷ For if I do this voluntarily, I have a ^(A)reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a ^(B)commission nonetheless.

⁹ and to ^[a]enlighten all people as to what the plan of the ^(A)mystery is which for ages has been ^(B)hidden in God, ^(C)who created all things;

² And he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ ³ And the manager said to himself, ‘What am I to do, since my ^[a]master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to ^[b]dig; I am ashamed to beg. ⁴ I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’