Having determined us beforehand for adoption as a son by Jesus Christ to him, according to benevolence of his will,

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,

and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might

And you hath he quickened also, that were dead in trespass and sin:

For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.

even when we were dead by sin, hath quickened us together in Christ - for by grace are ye saved -

Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

if, as I take it, you have heard Him and in union with Him have been taught the truth as it is seen in Jesus,

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

And do not give the devil an opportunity [to lead you into sin].

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [but seek to please Him], by whom you were sealed and marked [branded as God’s own] for the day of redemption [the final deliverance from the consequences of sin].

Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

for you people were once darkness [i.e., when living in sin], but now you are light in [fellowship with] the Lord. [So], live like people who belong to light [i.e., who live godly lives],

Live and act as sons of Light--for the effect of the Light is seen in every kind of goodness, uprightness and truth--

But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.

and this the burthen of the song, "thanks be to God, even the father, for his son Jesus Christ our Lord."