which He made to superabound toward us in all wisdom and understanding;

in Whom we also were made a heritage, having been predestinated according to the purpose of Him Who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will;

that we might be to the praise of His glory, we who had before hoped in Christ;

and what the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of the strength of His might,

even when we were dead in our offenses, made us alive with Christ (by grace ye have been saved),

and raised us up with Him, and made us sit with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus;

that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Wherefore, remember that ye, the gentiles in flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in flesh made by hand,

But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who were once afar off were made nigh in the blood of Christ.

For He is our peace, Who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of the partition,

having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments expressed in decrees, that He might make the two one new man in Himself, making peace,

and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;

that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief;

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

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.

and to plainly show what is the dispensation of the mystery which from the ages has been hidden away in God, Who made all things;

in order that now might be made known to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

according to a purpose of the ages which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

He Who descended is Himself also the One Who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.

But all things, when reproved, are made manifest by the light; for all that makes manifest is light.

that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of the water in the word,

that He might present to Himself the assembly, glorious, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it may be holy and without blemish.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.