that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him,

(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,

of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.

To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,

in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man;

But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.

and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,

who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.

neither give room for the devil.

Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it.

and for me in order that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the glad tidings,