if, indeed, you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God, which was given to me for your benefit,

that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, (as I briefly wrote above,

which, in other generations, was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

of which I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me, in proportion to the energy of his power:

and enlighten all men with respect to the plan of the mystery, which was concealed from the ages in God, who created all things;