For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles — Paul identifies himself as desmios Christou ('prisoner of Christ'), bound not merely in chains but spiritually captive to Christ's purpose; his imprisonment serves hyper hymōn tōn ethnōn ('on behalf of you Gentiles'), the mystery he has been entrusted to proclaim.

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