以弗所书3:7-11
7我作了这福音的执事，是照神的恩赐。这恩赐是照他运行的大能赐给我的。8我本来比众圣徒中最小的还小。然而他还赐我这恩典，叫我把基督那测不透的丰富，传给外邦人。9又使众人都明白，这历代以来隐藏在创造万物之神里的奥秘，是如何安排的。10为要藉着教会使天上执政的，掌权的，现在得知神百般的智慧。11这是照神从万世以前，在我们主基督耶稣里所定的旨意。
7By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News. 8Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ. 9I was chosen to explain to everyone#3:9 Some manuscripts do not include to everyone. this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning. 10God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. 11This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.
