be glory through the church and through Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever. Amen.

according as he had chosen us in him through love, before the foundation of the world was laid, that we should be saints, and without blame before him, through love.

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

through His human nature He has put a stop to the hostility between us, namely, the law with its commands and decrees, in order to create one new humanity out of the two parties and so make peace through union with Himself, and in one body

that the heathen through union with Christ Jesus are fellow-heirs with the Jews, are members with them of the same body, and sharers with them of the promise through the good news,

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

darkened in understanding; alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them; through the blindness of their hearts:

In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

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

Through union with him and through faith in him, we have courage to approach God with confidence.

that we might no longer be children, tossed and carried about by every wind of teaching, through the artifice of men, through craftiness used by them for the deliberate planning of deceit;

For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;

and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].

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

because it is through Him that Jews and Gentiles alike have access through one Spirit to the Father.