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Ephesians 3:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

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And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,

And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.

I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.

And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;




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