as he hath elected us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love:

to the praise of the glory of his grace, whereby he hath made us acceptable in that beloved one;

that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first had hope in Christ.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation by the knowledge of him;

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he hath called you, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance for the saints,

far above all principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come;

which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

That he might shew forth in the ages to come the transcendent riches of his grace, in the kindness shewed to us in Christ Jesus.

for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.

Wherefore remember that ye in time past were Gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made by hands in the flesh;

that ye were at that time without Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and atheists in the world:

destroying the enmity in his flesh, even the law of precepts, in ordinances, that he might from the two create in himself one new man, making peace,

if so be, that ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you:

that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote unto you before briefly;

that the Gentiles should be co-heirs, and of the same body, and sharers with them of his promise in Christ by the Gospel:

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

and to make all men see what the communication of that mystery means, which was hid from the beginning in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions, the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church,

Wherefore I beseech you, that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

that he would give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man;

that Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that rooted and grounded in love,

and to know the love of Christ, transcendently surpassing knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fulness of God.

Now to him that is able to do above all things, exceeding abundantly, beyond what we ask or think, according to the power which effectually worketh in us;

I THEN, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,

Now this, that he ascended, what does it imply? but that he also first descended into the more internal parts of the earth?

He that descended is the same also, who ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

that we should be no longer infants, floating on the waves, and carried about with every wind of novel doctrine, by the juggling of men, by their craftiness after the delusive wiles of error;

This then I urge and testify in the Lord, that ye walk no more as the other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind,

that ye put off respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful passions;

Let him that stole steal no more; but rather labour hard, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that is in want.

Let no loose discourse proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for useful edification, that it may communicate grace to the hearers.

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, or impure person, or avaricious, who is an idolater, hath an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Wherefore he saith, "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."

Take heed, then, that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

that he might sanctify it, purifying it in the laver of water by the word,

that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having blemish, nor wrinkle, nor any such things; but that it may be holy and unblameable.

So ought husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself.

Nevertheless let every one of you individually see that each love his own wife even as himself; but the wife that she stand in awe of the husband.

that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived upon earth."

knowing that whatsoever good a man doeth, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be a bondman, or whether he be free.

And ye masters, do the same things to them, avoiding menacing language: knowing that you also yourselves have a master in heaven; and there is no respect of persons with him.

Be clothed in the panoply of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Therefore take the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all things to stand.

and for me that there may be given unto me utterance to open my mouth with boldness, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

But that ye also may know the things which concern me, and what I am doing, Tychicus will inform you of the whole, a beloved brother, and faithful in the Lord:

whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.