do not cease to praise God for you, whenever I mention you in my prayers.

I am praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father most glorious, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, through an intimate knowledge of himself;

and that the eyes of your heart may be flooded with light so that you may understand what is the hope of his calling, what the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles??2 for surely you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God entrusted to me for you?

You have heard how by direct revelation the secret truth was made known to me, as I have already briefly written you.

By reading what I have written, you can judge of my insight into that secret truth of Christ

It is of this gospel I became a minister according to the gift of the power of the grace of God, bestowed on me by the energy of his power.

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

So I beg you not to lose heart over my tribulations in your behalf; they are your glory.

For this cause I bend my knees before the Father,

that Christ may make his home in your hearts through your faith; that you may be so deeply rooted and so firmly grounded in love,

that you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is "the breadth," "the length," "the depth," and "the height,"

and may know the love of Christ which transcends all knowing, so that you may be filled with all the "plenitude" of God.

Let him who stole steal no more, but let him work, and in honest industry toil with his hands, so that he may have something to give to the needy.

that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

Finally, my brothers, let your hearts be strengthened in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Put on all the panoply of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the devil.

Therefore take up the panoply of God, so that when the evil day comes you may be able to withstand them, and having overthrown them all, to stand your ground.

and for me, that utterance may be given me to open my mouth boldly, and to make known the mystery of the gospel for which I am an ambassador,

and in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it boldly as I ought to speak.

But that you also may know my affairs and how I do, Tychicus, my beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may cheer your hearts.

May grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with sincerity.