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For this cause (toutou charin). Use of charin (accusative of charis) as a preposition with the genitive and referring to the preceding argument about God’s elective grace. It is possible that Paul started to make the prayer that comes in Eph 3:14-21 when he repeats toutou charin. If so, he is diverted by his own words “the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles” (ho desmios tou Christou Iēsou huper humōn tōn ethnōn) to set forth in a rich paragraph (Eph 3:1) God’s use of him for the Gentiles.