according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He has made us accepted in the One having been loved.

which He caused to abound toward us in all wisdom and understanding;

having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

which He worked in Christ in raising Him from the dead, and He seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies,

And He has put all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church,

And He has made you alive, who were once dead in trespasses and sins,

But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love with which He loved us

so that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

For He is our peace, He making us both one, and He has broken down the middle wall of partition between us,

having abolished in His flesh the enmity (the Law of commandments contained in ordinances) so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, making peace between them;

and so that He might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity in Himself.

And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were near.

that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I wrote before in few words,

according to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;

Therefore He says, "When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive and gave gifts to men."

(Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

He who descended is the same also as He who ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.)

And truly He gave some to be apostles, and some to be prophets, and some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, so that he may have something to give to him who needs.

Therefore he says, "Awake, sleeping ones! And arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light."

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,

that He might present it to Himself as the glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

So men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

(knowing that whatever good thing he does, he shall receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a freeman).

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world's rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

But, so that you also may know my affairs and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things,

whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that you might know our affairs and that he might comfort your hearts.