according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience;

so that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God,

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

Therefore remember that you, the nations, in time past were in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

and that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.

having abolished in His flesh the enmity (the Law of commandments contained in ordinances) so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, making peace between them;

and so that He might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity in Himself.

that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I wrote before in few words,

that the nations should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partaker of His promise in Christ through the gospel.

so that now to the rulers and powers in the heavenlies might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

For this reason I desire that you faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;

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

and to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,

(Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

He who descended is the same also as He who ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.)

so that we no longer may be infants, tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine, in the dishonesty of men, in cunning craftiness, to the wiles of deceit.

But that you, speaking the truth in love, may in all things grow up to Him who is the Head, even Christ;

from whom the whole body, fitted together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of each part, producing the growth of the body to the edifying of itself in love.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should not walk from now on as other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,

having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.

Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, so that he may have something to give to him who needs.

Let not any filthy word go out of your mouth, but if any is good to building up in respect of need, that it may give grace to the ones hearing.

For you know this, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous one (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,

that He might present it to Himself as the glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

But also let everyone of you in particular so love his wife even as himself, and the wife that she defers to her husband.

so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

(knowing that whatever good thing he does, he shall receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a freeman).

And masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing that your Master also is in Heaven. There is no respect of persons with Him.

Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Therefore take to yourselves the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

And pray for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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

But, so that you also may know my affairs and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things,

whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that you might know our affairs and that he might comfort your hearts.