just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, [that] we should be holy and blameless before him in love,

According to revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,

one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling),

if indeed you have heard [about] him, and you were taught by him (just as truth is in Jesus),

Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.

and live in love, just as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant smell.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ [does] the church,