Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me on your account.

That by revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words;

By which when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,

Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of his power.

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and highth.

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:

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

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Wherefore take to you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

For which I am an embassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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

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