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4 As you read that, you will be able to understand the insight I have into the secret of the Christ
5 (which in past ages was not disclosed to mankind as fully as it has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets)
6 that through union with Christ Jesus the heathen are fellow-heirs with the Jews, belong to the same body and share the promise with them, through the good news
7 for which I became a worker by virtue of the gift of God's mercy which by the exercise of his power he has given me.
8 To me, the very least of all his people, this favor has been given, of preaching to the heathen the inexhaustible wealth of the Christ,
9 and making clear how the secret purpose is to be worked out which has been hidden away for ages in God the creator of all things,