so that we might praise the splendid favor which He has shown us in His beloved Son.

which He lavished upon us. Through perfect wisdom and spiritual insight

He has made known to us the secret of His will, which is in accordance with His purpose which He planned in Christ,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may grant you the Spirit to give wisdom and revelation which come through a growing knowledge of Him,

by having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, so that you may know what the hope is to which He calls you, how glorious rich God's portion in His people is,

which is His body, that is being filled by Him who fills everything everywhere.

in which you once lived in accordance with the spirit of this present world, and the mighty prince of the air, who is always at work in the disobedient, among whom all of us, we Jews as well as you heathen,

For He has made us what we are, because He has created us through our union with Christ Jesus for doing good deeds which He beforehand planned for us to do.

which in the earlier ages, so different from the present, was not made known to mankind as fully as now, but through the Spirit it has been revealed to His Holy apostles and prophets --

for which I was called to serve in accordance with the gift of God's unmerited favor which was bestowed on me by the exercise of His power--

and to make clear how is to be carried out the trusteeship of this secret which has for ages been hidden away in God, the Creator of all things,

in accordance with the eternal purpose which God executed in the gift of Christ Jesus our Lord.

for in their recklessness they have abandoned themselves to sensuality which leads to excessive practices of all sorts of immorality.

to lay aside, with your former way of living, your old self which is on the way to destruction in accordance with its deceptive impulses;

and put on the new self which has been created in the likeness of God, which fruits in right and holy living inspired by the truth.

Besides all these, take on the shield which faith provides, for with it you will be able to put out all the fire-tipped arrows shot by the evil one,

take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.

for the sake of which I am an envoy in prison: so that, when I tell it, I may speak as courageously as I ought.