^2-3 No doubt you already know that God has given me this special work of showing God’s favor to you Gentiles, as I briefly mentioned before in one of my letters. God himself showed me this secret plan of his, that the Gentiles, too, are included in his kindness. ⁴ I say this to explain to you how I know about these things. ⁵ In olden times God did not share this plan with his people, but now he has revealed it by the Holy Spirit to his apostles and prophets.