3:1 This is why I, Paul, am a prisoner of Anointed Jesus, for the sake of the non-Judeans.

3:2 Surely you have heard of the detailed plan of God’s favor to me for your sakes.

3:3 He revealed the secret to me, as I wrote to you briefly before.

3:4 By reading what I wrote about that, you are able to grasp my full understanding of the secret of the Anointed.

3:5 It was not revealed to people in other generations but now is revealed in spirit to his holy Ambassadors and prophets.

3:6 This secret is that the non-Judeans would be joint-heirs, of the same body, sharing in the promise of Anointed Jesus through the Gospel.

3:7 I was designated an attendant of this secret according to the gift of God’s favor, a gift granted to me by his power.

3:8 This favor was given to me, though I am lower than the lowest of the holy ones, to bring the non-Judeans the Gospel of the Anointed’s unfathomable riches,

3:9 and to make one and all see the detailed secret plan that God, who created everything, kept hidden for ages.

3:10 Now, by means of the Congregation, the celestial rulers and authorities can know the multi-faceted wisdom of God,

3:11 whose purpose from the ages was to make Anointed Jesus our Master.

3:12 Because of our faith in him, we can approach God boldly and confidently.

3:13 I say all of that so you will not be discouraged over my suffering for you; it is in your honor.

3:14 For this reason I humble myself before the Father,

3:15 for whom all people groups in heaven and earth are named.

3:16 I ask that from his rich supply of honor he may empower you through his Spirit,

3:17 so that the Anointed may live within you by the faith in your hearts. Being rooted and founded in love, I pray

3:18 that you will be strong and that you will grasp, along with all the other holy ones, the width and length and height and depth of the Anointed’s love,

3:19 a love that is really beyond us. Then you will be entirely filled with God.

3:20 Now all honor belongs to the One who is able to do extravagantly more than we ask or imagine by his power operating in us,

3:21 the Congregation of Anointed Jesus, for all generations and endless ages, absolutely!