Enlightened Together: A New Ministry

The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed

¹For this reason I, Paul, oa prisoner of Christ Jesus pon behalf of you Gentiles— ²assuming that you have heard of qthe stewardship of rGod's grace that was given to me for you, ³show the mystery was made known to me tby revelation, uas I have written briefly. ⁴vWhen you read this, you can perceive my insight into wthe 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 is1 that the Gentiles are xfellow heirs, ymembers of the same body, and zpartakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

⁷aOf this gospel I was made ba minister according to the gift of cGod's grace, which was given me dby the working of his power. ⁸To me, ethough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, fto preach to the Gentiles the gunsearchable hriches of Christ, ⁹and ito bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery jhidden for ages in2 God, kwho created all things, ¹⁰so that through the church the manifold lwisdom of God mmight now be made known to nthe rulers and authorities oin the heavenly places. ¹¹This was paccording to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, ¹²in whom we have qboldness and raccess with sconfidence through our tfaith in him. ¹³So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering ufor you, vwhich is your glory.