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And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.[a] By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.

Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ. I was chosen to explain to everyone[b] this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.

10 God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. 11 This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

12 Because of Christ and our faith in him,[c] we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6 Or because they are united with Christ Jesus.
  2. 3:9 Some manuscripts do not include to everyone.
  3. 3:12 Or Because of Christ’s faithfulness.

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs(A) together with Israel, members together of one body,(B) and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.(C)

I became a servant of this gospel(D) by the gift of God’s grace given me(E) through the working of his power.(F) Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(G) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(H) the boundless riches of Christ,(I) and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery,(J) which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God(K) should be made known(L) to the rulers and authorities(M) in the heavenly realms,(N) 11 according to his eternal purpose(O) that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God(P) with freedom and confidence.(Q)

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