he hath raised us up together, and made us partakers of his heavenly kingdom.

that in the ages to come, he might shew the immense riches of his gracious kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus.

for he hath made us a-new, and form'd us by Christ Jesus to do good works, for which God had before prepared us, that we might live in them.

(which kept us at variance) by abolishing the dogmatical injunctions of the law, that having made the peace, he might incorporate the two into one new body under himself;

that he might reconcile both in one body unto God by the cross, wherefore he destroyed the enmity that was between them:

who by his spirit has likewise made you a part of this divine mansion.

of this I was made a minister, according to the gracious gift God bestowed on me, by the effectual operation of his influence:

that the manifold wisdom of God, in ordering his heavenly kingdom, might by his church be now made known, to princes and magistrates,

in pursuance of that dispensation which he made to former ages by Christ Jesus our Lord:

I therefore the prisoner for the Lord, beseech you to live suitably to the offers that have been made to you:

but to every one of us a different charge is given, according to the distribution which Christ has made;

wherefore 'tis said, " when he ascended up on high, he made a number of captives, and gave gifts to men."

It is he then that made some, apostles: some, prophets: some, evangelists: and others, pastors, and teachers:

that he himself might make her appear illustrious to his own eye, a church without spot, or any thing like a defect; so as to be holy and irreprehensible.