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| 3:1 | For this cause, I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Chryst for you Hethen: |
| 3:2 | If ye haue hearde of the ministracyon of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde. |
| 3:3 | For by reuelacion shewed he the mistery vnto me, as I wrote afore in feawe wordes |
| 3:4 | wherby when ye reade, ye maye vnderstand my knowledge in the mistery of Christ, |
| 3:5 | which mistery in tymes passed was not opened vnto the sonnes of men, as it is nowe declared vnto hys holy Apostles and Prophetes by the sprete: |
| 3:6 | that the Gentyls shulde be inheritours also, and of the same body, and partetakers of hys promes in Christ, by the meanes of the Gospell, |
| 3:7 | wherof I am made a mynyster, accordinge to the gyfte of the grace of God which is geuen vnto me after the workynge of hys power. |
| 3:8 | Unto me the least of all saynctes is this grace geuen, that I shulde preache amonge the Gentyls the vnsearcheable riches of Christ |
| 3:9 | and to make all men se, what the felyshyppe of the mystery is, which from the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hyd in God which made all thinges thorow Iesus Christ: |
| 3:10 | to the intent, that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly thinges, myght be knowen by the congregacion, the manyfolde wysdome of God, |
| 3:11 | accordynge to the eternall purpose, which he wrought in Christ Iesu oure Lord, |
| 3:12 | by whom we haue boldnesse and entraunce with the confidence which is by the fayth of hym. |
| 3:13 | Wherfore I desyre, that ye faynt not because of my tribulacions that I suffre for youre sakes: which is youre prayse. |
| 3:14 | For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, |
| 3:15 | which is father ouer all that is called father in heauen and in erth, |
| 3:16 | that he wolde graunt you accordynge to the ryches of hys glorye, that ye maye be strengthed with might by his sprete in the inner man, |
| 3:17 | that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by fayth, that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue, |
| 3:18 | myght be able to comprehende with all saynctes, what is the bredth and length, deepth and heygth: |
| 3:19 | & to knowe the excellent loue of the knowledge of Christ that ye myght be fulfylled with all fulnes, which commeth of God. |
| 3:20 | Unto hym that is able to do exceadynge aboundantly aboue all that we aske or thynke accordynge to the power that worketh in in vs, |
| 3:21 | be prayse in the congregacyon by Christ Iesus, thorowe out all ages worlde without ende. Amen. |
| 3:1 | For the grace of this thing I Poul, the boundun of Crist Jhesu, for you hethene men, |
| 3:2 | if netheles ye han herd the dispensacioun of Goddis grace, that is youun to me in you. |
| 3:3 | For bi reuelacioun the sacrament is maad knowun to me, as Y aboue wroot in schort thing, |
| 3:4 | as ye moun rede, and vndurstonde my prudence in the mysterie of Crist. |
| 3:5 | Which was not knowun to othere generaciouns to the sones of men, as it is now schewid to his hooli apostlis and prophetis in the spirit, |
| 3:6 | that hethene men ben euen eiris, and of oo bodi, and parteneris togidere of his biheest in Crist Jhesu bi the euangelie; |
| 3:7 | whos mynystre Y am maad, bi the yifte of Goddis grace, which is youun to me bi the worchyng of his vertu. |
| 3:8 | To me, leeste of alle seyntis, this grace is youun to preche among hethene men the vnserchable richessis of Crist, and to liytne alle men, |
| 3:9 | which is the dispensacioun of sacrament hid fro worldis in God, that made alle thingis of nouyt; |
| 3:10 | that the myche fold wisdom of God be knowun to princis and potestatis in heuenli thingis bi the chirche, |
| 3:11 | bi the bifore ordinaunce of worldis, which he made in Crist Jhesu oure Lord. |
| 3:12 | In whom we han trist and nyy comyng, in tristenyng bi the feith of hym. |
| 3:13 | For which thing Y axe, that ye faile not in my tribulaciouns for you, which is youre glorie. |
| 3:14 | For grace of this thing Y bowe my knees to the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, |
| 3:15 | of whom ech fadirhod in heuenes and in erthe is named, |
| 3:16 | that he yyue to you, aftir the richessis of his glorie, vertu to be strengthid bi his spirit in the ynnere man, |
| 3:17 | that Crist dwelle bi feith in youre hertis; that ye rootid and groundid in charite, |
| 3:18 | moun comprehende with alle seyntis, which is the breede, and the lengthe, and the hiynesse, and the depnesse; |
| 3:19 | also to wite the charite of Crist more excellent than science, that ye be fillid in al the plentee of God. |
| 3:20 | And to hym that is myyti to do alle thingis more plenteuousli than we axen or vndurstondun, bi the vertu that worchith in vs, |
| 3:21 | to hym be glorie in the chirche, and in Crist Jhesu, in to alle the generaciouns of the world of worldis. Amen. |
| 3:1 | For this cause I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen, |
| 3:2 | acordinge as ye haue herde of ye office of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde. |
| 3:3 | For by reuelacion was this mystery shewed vnto me, as I wrote aboue in fewe wordes: |
| 3:4 | wherby whan ye rede it, ye maye perceaue myne vnderstondynge in ye mystery of Christ, |
| 3:5 | which (mystery) in tymes past was not opened vnto the childre of me as it is now declared to his holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete: namely, |
| 3:6 | that the Heythen shulde be inheritours also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell, |
| 3:7 | wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God, which is geue me acordinge to the workynge of his power. |
| 3:8 | Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen, that I shulde preach amonge the Heythe ye vnsearcheable riches of Christ, |
| 3:9 | and to make all men se, what is the fellishippe of the mystery, which fro the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hyd in God, which made all thiges thorow Iesus Christ: |
| 3:10 | to the intent that now vnto the rulers and powers in heaue mighte be knowne by the congregacion the manifolde wyssdome off God, |
| 3:11 | acordinge to ye eternall purpose, which he hath shewed in Christ Iesu oure LORDE |
| 3:12 | by whom we haue boldnesse and intraunce in all confidece thorow faith on him. |
| 3:13 | Wherfore I desyre that ye faynte not because of my tribulacions, yt I suffre for you, which is youre prayse. |
| 3:14 | For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, |
| 3:15 | which is the true father, ouer all that is called father in heauen and in earth, |
| 3:16 | that he graunte you (acordinge to ye riches of his glory) to be strengthed with power by his sprete in ye inwarde ma, |
| 3:17 | that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith, that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue, |
| 3:18 | maye be able to coprehende with all sayntes, what is the bredth, and the length, and the deepth, and the heyth: |
| 3:19 | and to knowe the loue of Christ, which loue yet passeth all knowlege: that ye maye be fylled with all maner of fulnesse of God. |
| 3:20 | Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly, aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde (acordinge to ye power that worketh in vs) |
| 3:21 | be prayse in the congregacion, which is in Christ Iesu, at all tymes for euer and euer, Amen. |
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