It is in [fellowship with] Christ that we [Jewish Christians] also were selected as [God's] inheritance [i.e., to receive His never ending blessings], having been predetermined according to the plan of God, who works out everything in harmony with what He wants.

I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers.

which in other generations was not disclosed to mankind, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the [Holy] Spirit;

Be angry but do not sin; never let the sun set upon your exasperation,

Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, that they may be a help to those who hear them.

Never let any sexual vice or impurity or lust be so much as mentioned by you ??that is the proper course for saints to take;

in order to have the church as his very own, standing before him in all her glory, with never a spot or wrinkle or any such flaw, but consecrated and unblemished.

For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;

You slave-owners, too, must maintain the same attitude toward your slaves, and stop threatening them, for you know that their real Lord and yours is in heaven, and that He never shows partiality.