This is why I, for my part, since I have heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus that prevails among you and among all God's people,

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

Through him every part of the building is closely united and grows into a temple sacred through its relation to the Lord,

so that you and all God's people may be strong enough to grasp what breadth, length, height, and depth mean,

For it is under his control that the whole system, adjusted and united by each ligament of its equipment, develops in proportion to the functioning of each particular part, and so builds itself up through love.