Hence, as I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

I never cease to give thanks for you, when I mention you in my prayers.

May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, grant you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation for the knowledge of himself,

above all the angelic Rulers, Authorities, Powers, and Lords, above every Name that is to be named not only in this age but in the age to come ??22 he has put everything under his feet and set him as head over everything for the church,

But, dead in trespasses as we were, God was so rich in mercy that for his great love to us

For it is by grace you have been saved, as you had faith; it is not your doing but God's gift,

God has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus for the good deeds which are prepared beforehand by God as our sphere of action.

Whereas now, within Christ Jesus, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

For he is our peace, he who has made both of us a unity and destroyed the barrier which kept us apart;

he came with a gospel of peace for those far away (that is, for you) and for those who were near,

for it is through him that we both enjoy our access to the Father in one Spirit.

and in him you are yourselves built into this to form a habitation for God in the Spirit.

For this reason I Paul, I whom Jesus has made a prisoner for the sake of you Gentiles ??2 for surely you have heard how the grace of God which was vouchsafed me in your interests has ordered it,

through whom, as we have faith in him, we enjoy our confidence of free access.

For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father

Now to him who by the action of his power within us can do all things, aye far more than we ever ask or imagine,

to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations for ever and ever: Amen.

For there is one Body and one Spirit ??as you were called for the one hope that belongs to your call ??5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ,

we are to hold by the truth, and by our love to grow up wholly into Him. For He, Christ, is the head, and under him,

Now in the Lord I insist and protest that you must give up living like pagans; for their purposes are futile,

their intelligence is darkened, they are estranged from the life of God by the ignorance which their dulness of heart has produced in them ??19 men who have recklessly abandoned themselves to sensuality, with a lust for the business of impurity in every shape and form.

(for it is Christ whom you have been taught, it is in Christ that you have been instructed ??the real Christ who is in Jesus);

Lay aside falsehood, then, let each tell his neighbour the truth, for we are members one of another.

Let no bad word pass your lips, but only such speech as is good for edification, as occasion may require, words that are gracious and a means of grace to those who hear them.

And do not vex God's holy Spirit, by whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Never let any sexual vice or impurity or lust be so much as mentioned by you ??that is the proper course for saints to take;

For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light

(for the fruit of light consists in all that is good and right and true),

still, whatever the light exposes becomes illuminated ??for anything that is illuminated turns into light.

make the very most of your time, for these are evil days.

and render thanks to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ at all times and for all things.

Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also (though he is the saviour of the Body) is the head of the church;

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

For no one ever hates his flesh; no, he nourishes and cherishes it (just as Christ does the church

for we are members of his Body).

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right;

As for you fathers, do not exasperate your children, but bring them up in the discipline and on the admonitions of the Lord.

Be sure that everyone, slave or free, will be paid back by the Lord and Master for the good he has done.

And as for you masters, act by your servants in the same way, and stop threatening them; be sure that they and you have a Lord and Master in heaven, and there is no partiality about him.

For we have to struggle, not with blood and flesh but with the angelic Rulers, the angelic Authorities, the potentates of the dark present, the spirit-forces of evil in the heavenly sphere.

above all, take faith as your shield, to enable you to quench all the fire-tipped darts flung by the evil one,

for the sake of which I am in custody as its envoy. Pray that I may have freedom to declare it as I should.

Grace be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.