having abolished, in his flesh, the cause of enmity, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might, by himself, form the two into one new man, thus making peace;

which, in other generations, was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

and enlighten all men with respect to the plan of the mystery, which was concealed from the ages in God, who created all things;

that he may grant to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be mightily strengthened by his Spirit in the inner man,

For which reason, the scripture says: When he ascended on high, he led captive a multitude of captives, and gave gifts to men.

But this He ascended what does it mean, but that he also descended into the lower earthly regions?

till we all come to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature that fully develops the Christ;

that we might no longer be children, tossed and carried about by every wind of teaching, through the artifice of men, through craftiness used by them for the deliberate planning of deceit;

that, as to your former life, you put off the old man, which is corrupt, according to its deceitful desires,

and put on the new man, which, according to the will of God, is created in righteousness and true holiness.

For you know this, that no lewd nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and of God.

See, then, that you walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise men,

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

For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

not with eye-service, as pleasing men, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul;

with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not as to men;