But now through your union with Christ Jesus you who were once far away have through the blood of Christ been brought near.

for it is by Him through one Spirit that both of us now have an introduction to the Father.

which in the earlier ages, so different from the present, was not made known to mankind as fully as now, but through the Spirit it has been revealed to His Holy apostles and prophets --

so that the many phases of God's wisdom may now through the church be made known to the rulers and authorities in heaven,

So I mean this and now testify to it in the name of the Lord: You must now stop living as the heathen usually do, in the frivolity of their minds,

The man who used to steal must now stop stealing; rather, he must keep on working and toiling with his own hands at some honest vocation, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.

For at one time you were darkness itself, but now in union with the Lord you are light itself. You must live like children of light,

From now on you must grow stronger through union with the Lord and through His mighty power.