Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.

which he wrought in the Christ, having raised him from the dead and seated at his right hand in the heavenly things,

For ye are saved by grace through faith, and this a gift of God, not from you,

not from works, so that not any man may boast.

that ye were at that time independent of Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and alien of the covenants of the promise, having no hope and godless in the world.

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery hidden from the ages in God who created all things through Jesus Christ.

from whom every patriarchy in heavens and on earth is named.

from whom the whole body, joined together and united together through every connection of the supply, according to the working of each one part within a standard, makes the growth of the body for the construction of itself by love.

darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the callousness of their heart.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.

Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

Separate from this a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh.

Not according to eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,

Knowing that whatever good thing each may do, he will receive this from the Lord, whether bondman or freeman.

And ye masters, do the same things to them, easing up the threats, knowing also that the master of you yourselves is in the heavens, and there is no partiality from him.

Peace to the brothers, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.