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Ephesians 3:3

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

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“After that, I returned to Jerusalem. While I was praying in the temple courtyard, I fell into a trance

“But the Lord told me, ‘Go! I’ll send you on a mission. You’ll go far away to people who aren’t Jewish.’ ”

The shouting became very loud. Some of the experts in Moses’ Teachings were Pharisees who argued their position forcefully. They said, “We don’t find anything wrong with this man. Maybe a spirit or an angel actually spoke to him!”

Brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery so that you won’t become arrogant. The minds of some Israelites have become closed until all of God’s non-Jewish people are included.

God can strengthen you by the Good News and the message I tell about Jesus Christ. He can strengthen you by revealing the mystery that was kept in silence for a very long time

I must brag, although it doesn’t do any good. I’ll go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

I didn’t receive it from any person. I wasn’t taught it, but Jesus Christ revealed it to me.

I pray that the glorious Father, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know Christ better.

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

This 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.

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

Also pray that God will give me the right words to say. Then I will speak boldly when I reveal the mystery of the Good News.

Because they are united in love, I work so that they may be encouraged by all the riches that come from a complete understanding of Christ. He is the mystery of God.

At the same time also pray for us. Pray that God will give us an opportunity to speak the word so that we may tell the mystery about Christ. It is because of this mystery that I am a prisoner.

I urge you, brothers and sisters, to listen patiently to my encouraging words. I have written you a short letter.

I’ve written this short letter to you and I’m sending it by Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother. I’ve written to encourage you and to testify that this is God’s genuine good will. Remain firmly established in it!

Think of our Lord’s patience as an opportunity ⌞for us⌟ to be saved. This is what our dear brother Paul wrote to you about, using the wisdom God gave him.




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