and the surpassing greatness of his power over us believers ??a power which operates with the strength of the might

he made us live together with Christ (it is by grace you have been saved);

God has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus for the good deeds which are prepared beforehand by God as our sphere of action.

For he is our peace, he who has made both of us a unity and destroyed the barrier which kept us apart;

For this reason I Paul, I whom Jesus has made a prisoner for the sake of you Gentiles ??2 for surely you have heard how the grace of God which was vouchsafed me in your interests has ordered it,

To conclude. Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might;