Wherefore remember that you were heretofore Gentiles, being denominated the uncircumcised, by those who are the circumcised by a manual operation;

In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

And, through union in him, you also are being built up together, to be a dwelling-place for God through the Spirit.

and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you.

And this shall continue, until we all attain to that unity which is given by faith and by a fuller knowledge of the Son of God; until we reach the ideal man--the full standard of the perfection of the Christ.

Do not let unwholesome [foul, profane, worthless, vulgar] words ever come out of your mouth, but only such speech as is good for building up others, according to the need and the occasion, so that it will be a blessing to those who hear [you speak].

and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.

"For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."

"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

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.