Through him he chose us out before the creation of the world, to be consecrated and above reproach in his sight in love.

It is through union with him and through his blood that we have been delivered and our offenses forgiven,

and in arranging, when the time should have fully come, that everything in heaven and on earth should be unified in Christ??11 the Christ through whom it is our lot to have been predestined by the design of him who in everything carries out the purpose of his will,

You also have heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and believed in him, and through union with him you have been marked with the seal of the holy Spirit that was promised,

he exerted in raising Christ from the dead, and seating him at his right hand in heaven,

He has put everything under his feet and made him the indisputable head of the church,

which is his body, filled by him who fills everything everywhere.

And he raised us with Christ, and through our union with Christ Jesus made us sit down with him in heaven,

for it is through him that we both with one Spirit are now able to approach the Father.

Through him every part of the building is closely united and grows into a temple sacred through its relation to the Lord,

Through union with him and through faith in him, we have courage to approach God with confidence.

and beg him out of his wealth of glory to strengthen you mightily through his Spirit in your inner nature

To him who by the exertion of his power within us can do unutterably more than all we ask or imagine,

We must lovingly hold to the truth and grow up into perfect union with him who is the head??hrist himself.

at least if you have really become acquainted with him and been instructed in him, and in union with him have been taught the truth as it is found in Jesus.

for a husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the head of the church, which is his body, and is saved by him.

to consecrate her, after cleansing her with the bath in water through her confession of him,

That is the very reason I am sending him, to let you know how I am, and to cheer your hearts.