having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;

that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,

Wherefore, remember, that ye were once the nations in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that called Circumcision in the flesh made by hands,

the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace,

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

that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few words --

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 --

that there might be made known now to the principalities and the 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,

that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the bathing of the water in the saying,

that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that ye might know the things concerning us, and that he might comfort your hearts.