do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

high above every principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come;

For by grace you have been saved through the faith; and this matter is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:

not by works, lest any one should boast.

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

For which cause I beseech you not to grow faint on account of my afflictions for you, which are your glory.

But you have not so learned the Christ,

Be angry, and yet do not sin: let not the sun go down on your wrath,

Let him that steals, steal no more: but rather let labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that has need.

and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, with which you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

But lewdness, and all manner of uncleanness, or covetousness, let them not be named among you, as it becomes saints;

nor obscene language, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not becoming; but rather the cheerful words of. a thankful heart.

Therefore, be not partakers with them.

and do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

See, then, that you walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise men,

Wherefore, be not ignorant, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;

And you fathers, do not provoke your children to anger: but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.

not with eye-service, as pleasing men, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul;

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

for our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the rulers of the darkness of this world, with the wicked spirits in the heavenly regions.