in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all [things] according to the counsel of his will,

in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also when you believed you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Because of this I also, hearing of {your faith} in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this age but also in the coming one,

among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of [them] were.

in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in [the] Spirit.

one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling),

Now "he ascended," what is [it], except that he also descended to the lower regions of the earth?

The one who descended himself is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order that he might fill all [things].

Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.

and live in love, just as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant smell.

because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).

But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives [should be subject] to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;

Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ [does] the church,

Only you also, each one [of you], must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife {must respect} her husband.

Now, so that you also may know {my circumstances}, what I am doing, Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all [things],