according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

among whom we also had our way of life in times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I wrote before in few words,

which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

There is one body and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling,

He who descended is the same also as He who ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.)

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should not walk from now on as other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,

if indeed you have heard Him and were taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

Therefore be followers of God, as dear children.

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given Himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.

For let fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness not be once named among you, as becomes saints,

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it,

that He might present it to Himself as the glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

So men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord loves the church.

But also let everyone of you in particular so love his wife even as himself, and the wife that she defers to her husband.

Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men

for which I am an ambassador in bonds; so that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.