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

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.

For by grace ye are saved through faith; and this not of yourselves:

it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

Wherefore I intreat you not to faint at my afflictions for you, which is your glory.

But ye have not so learned Christ; Since ye have heard him,

Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

But let not fornication, or any uncleanness, or covetousness be even named among you, as becometh saints:

Neither obscenity, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient, but rather thanksgiving.

Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

not as fools, but as wise men, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what is the will of the Lord.

And be not drunken with wine,

That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, that it may be holy and unblamable.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord.

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

With good will doing service as unto the Lord, and not to men:

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the world, of the darkness of this age, against wicked spirits in heavenly places.