until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into a mature man with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will:

To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus.

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—

So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,

You also are being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.

you have heard, haven’t you, about the administration of God’s grace that He gave to me for you?

I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of His power.

This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.

may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love,

you put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by Him for the day of redemption.

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.

Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.

Take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is God’s word.