Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name [God—the first and ultimate Father].

So this I say, and solemnly affirm together with the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the [unbelieving] Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds [and in the foolishness and emptiness of their souls],

For it is shame even to name those things which are done of them in secret:

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;