that you once practiced as you lived according to the ways of this present world and according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now active in those who are disobedient.

But now, in union with the Messiah Jesus, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

which in previous generations was not made known to human beings as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. This is that secret:

He did this so that now, through the church, the wisdom of God in all its variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realm

Now to the one who can do infinitely more than all we can ask or imagine according to the power that is working among us

Now to each one of us grace has been given proportionate to the measure of the Messiah's gift.

Now what does this "he went up" mean except that he also had gone down into the lower parts of the earth?

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,