and your love to all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

and enlighten the eyes of your understanding; that ye may know, what is the hope of his calling, and how rich the glory of his inheritance in the saints;

For by grace ye are saved, through faith: and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not by works, that no one may boast:

as ye have heard the dispensation of the grace of God, which was given me to preach unto you:

that by immediate revelation He made known to me the mystery, (as I wrote before in brief, by which,

when ye read it, ye may perceive my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,)

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God conferred on me by the effectual operation of his power.

On me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace bestowed, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Wherefore I desire that ye would not be discouraged at my afflictions on your account, 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: and be ye rooted and grounded in love,

that ye may be able, with all the saints, to comprehend what is the breadth, and length, and depth,

and height, and to know the love of Christ, which surpasseth knowledge; that ye may be filled according to the abundant fulness of God.

That we may be no longer children fluctuating and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the artful insinuations of men, and their crafty methods of deceiving;

but holding the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him, who is the head, even Christ:

Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, doing some good with his hands, that he may have something to bestow on him that hath need of it.

Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth; but what is good to useful edification, that it may benefit the hearers.

that it may be well with thee, and thou shalt be long-lived upon the earth.

Moreover, my brethren, strengthen yourselves in the Lord, and in his mighty power.

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

Take therefore the complete armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand.

and for me particularly, that utterance may be given me, that I may open my mouth with freedom, to make known the mystery of the gospel:

for which I am an ambassador though in chains: that I may speak boldly in behalf of it, as I ought to speak.

But that ye also may know my affairs, and what I am doing here, Tychicus a beloved brother, and a faithful minister in the Lord, shall make all known to you: whom I have sent to you,

for this very end, that ye might know our concerns, and that he may comfort your hearts.