In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will:

In whom you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after you believed, you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,

Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come:

Among whom also we all had our behavior in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling fragrance.

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

And, you masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

But that you also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: