and to the faithful in Christ Jesus, Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Which he wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead; and he hath made him sit at his own right-hand in heavenly places,

being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise; having no hope, and without God in the world.

And to let all men see, what is the fellowship of the mystery, which was hidden from the beginning of the world by God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

That we may be no longer children, fluctuating to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the slight of men, by cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive:

From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted, by that which every joint supplieth according to the effectual working in the measure of every member, maketh increase of the body, to the edifying of itself in love.

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, by the ignorance that is in them, through the hardness of their hearts:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking be put away from you with all malice.

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

Knowing that whatsoever good each man doth, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be a servant or free.

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