Epheser 3
- 1For the grace of this thing I Poul, the boundun of Crist Jhesu, for you hethene men,
- 2if netheles ye han herd the dispensacioun of Goddis grace, that is youun to me in you.
- 3For bi reuelacioun the sacrament is maad knowun to me, as Y aboue wroot in schort thing,
- 4as ye moun rede, and vndurstonde my prudence in the mysterie of Crist.
- 5Which was not knowun to othere generaciouns to the sones of men, as it is now schewid to his hooli apostlis and prophetis in the spirit,
- 6that hethene men ben euen eiris, and of oo bodi, and parteneris togidere of his biheest in Crist Jhesu bi the euangelie;
- 7whos mynystre Y am maad, bi the yifte of Goddis grace, which is youun to me bi the worchyng of his vertu.
- 8To me, leeste of alle seyntis, this grace is youun to preche among hethene men the vnserchable richessis of Crist, and to liytne alle men,
- 9which is the dispensacioun of sacrament hid fro worldis in God, that made alle thingis of nouyt;
- 10that the myche fold wisdom of God be knowun to princis and potestatis in heuenli thingis bi the chirche,
- 11bi the bifore ordinaunce of worldis, which he made in Crist Jhesu oure Lord.
- 12In whom we han trist and nyy comyng, in tristenyng bi the feith of hym.
- 13For which thing Y axe, that ye faile not in my tribulaciouns for you, which is youre glorie.
- 14For grace of this thing Y bowe my knees to the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist,
- 15of whom ech fadirhod in heuenes and in erthe is named,
- 16that he yyue to you, aftir the richessis of his glorie, vertu to be strengthid bi his spirit in the ynnere man,
- 17that Crist dwelle bi feith in youre hertis; that ye rootid and groundid in charite,
- 18moun comprehende with alle seyntis, which is the breede, and the lengthe, and the hiynesse, and the depnesse;
- 19also to wite the charite of Crist more excellent than science, that ye be fillid in al the plentee of God.
- 20And to hym that is myyti to do alle thingis more plenteuousli than we axen or vndurstondun, bi the vertu that worchith in vs,
- 21to hym be glorie in the chirche, and in Crist Jhesu, in to alle the generaciouns of the world of worldis. Amen.
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