8This grace was given to me, even though I am less than the least of all God’s people, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9And to reveal and explain to everyone this mysterious plan, which had been hidden in God, the Creator of all things, from the very beginning of time, 10So that God’s wisdom and purpose might now be revealed by the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11According to His eternal purpose and plan, which He has fulfilled in Christ Jesus, our Lord. 12Because, through faith in Him, we have access to God with freedom and confidence. 13Therefore, I ask that you not be dismayed by my trials and suffering for you, which are for your glory. 14For this reason I kneel before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15From Whom every family in heaven and earth derives its name, 16And pray that He would grant you, out of the His glorious riches, to be given strength and power by His Spirit in your inner being; 17So that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18May be able to grasp, with all of God’s people, the breadth, length, depth, and height, 19 Of the love of Christ, which surpasses human knowledge and comprehension, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

20Now to Him Who is able to do infinitely more than what we think to ask, according to the power that is at work within us, 21To Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages and generations, world without end. Amen.