spiritual blessing and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

when He raised Christ from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in heaven,

which in the earlier ages, so different from the present, was not made known to mankind as fully as now, but through the Spirit it has been revealed to His Holy apostles and prophets --

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope resulting from the call you have received;

with darkened understanding, estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and because of the stubbornness of their hearts;

But sexual vice and any form of immorality or sensual greed must not so much as be mentioned among you, as that is the only course becoming in God's people;

So it is said: "Wake up, sleeper; get up from the dead, and Christ will make day dawn on you."

for you know that everyone, slave or free, will get his reward from the Lord for anything good he has done.

From now on you must grow stronger through union with the Lord and through His mighty power.

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