do not cease to praise God for you, whenever I mention you in my prayers.

far above all hierarchies and authorities and powers and dominions and every name that is named, not only in this age but in that which is to come.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is God's gift.

It is not of works, so that any one can boast of it;

Do not forget then, that you Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by the "circumcision" made in flesh by man's hand,

which was not disclosed to the sons of men in former generations, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets,

So I beg you not to lose heart over my tribulations in your behalf; they are your glory.

From him the whole body (knit together and compacted by all its joints) makes continual growth of the body so as to build itself up in love, through the energy of his bounteous provision, according to the need of each several part.

But you have not so learned Christ,

"Be angry and sin not"; let not the sun go down upon your anger.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

so too with vulgarity and buffoonery and foolish jesting. Such words become you not, but rather thanksgiving.

therefore do not become sharers with them.

See to it, then, that you carry on your life carefully; not as foolish, but as wise men.

For this reason do not be thoughtless, but learn to know what the Lord's will is.

Do not be drunk with wine, in which is riotous living, but drink deep in the Spirit,

And you fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up in the nature and admonition of the Lord.

not with eye service, as men-pleasers, but as the slaves of Christ, doing the will of God;

slaving with good-will from your heart, as for the Lord and not for men;

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the despotisms, the empires, the rulers of this present darkness, the spirit-hosts of evil in the heavenly realm.