far above all the principalities, all the powers, all the potentates, all the dominations, and whatever order can be named, not only in this age, but also in the age to come:

for by grace are ye saved, thro' faith (and that not from us:

it is the gift of God) but not by works, so that no man can boast:

which preceeding was not discover'd to men, as now it is to his holy apostles and prophets by the spirit; to wit,

Wherefore I desire that you be not dejected at the tribulations I am under for your sake, which are matter of glory to you.

This I say therefore, and conjure you by the Lord not to live for the future as other Gentiles do, in the vanity of their minds,

are you angry? have a care you don't sin. "let not the sun go down upon your wrath,"

grieve not the holy spirit of God, by whom you are sealed against the day of deliverance:

But fornication, and all impurity, or inordinate desire, let it not be approved by you, as being unworthy of christians: neither ribaldry,

and be not accomplices in the fruitless practices of vice; on the contrary, condemn them.

See then that you behave circumspectly, and not as fools, but as wise,

wherefore be not imprudent, but consider what is agreeable to the divine will.

do not drink to excess, for that tends to dissoluteness, but be regal'd with spiritual entertainments:

not doing your work meerly out of regard to their presence or their pleasure, but as the servants of Christ, in hearty obedience to the will of God:

and not to men: considering that whatever good any man doth, he shall be rewarded for it by the Lord, whether he be a slave or free.

for our conflict is not barely with men, but with principalities, with potentates, with the princes of darkness, with wicked aereal spirits.