Ephesians 3:2-12

2Certainly, you have heard how God gave me the responsibility of bringing his kindness  to you.

3You have heard that he let me know this mystery through a revelation. I’ve already written to you about this briefly.

4When you read this, you’ll see that I understand the mystery about Christ.

5In the past, this mystery was not known by people as it is now. The Spirit has now revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.

6This mystery is the Good News that people who are not Jewish have the same inheritance as Jewish people do. They belong to the same body and share the same promise that God made in Christ Jesus.

7I became a servant of this Good News through God’s kindness freely given to me when his power worked ⌞in me⌟.

8I am the least of all God’s people. Yet, God showed me his kindness by allowing me to spread the Good News of the immeasurable wealth of Christ to people who are not Jewish.

9He allowed me to explain the way this mystery works. God, who created all things, kept it hidden in the past.

10He did this so that now, through the church, he could let the rulers and authorities in heaven know his infinite wisdom.

11This was God’s plan for all of history which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

12We can go to God with bold confidence through faith in Christ.