as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him,

that we should be for a praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ;

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

the eyes of your minds being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his call, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

above every principality and authority and power and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this life but also in that to come,

which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all things in all.

that he might show in the ages to come the transcendent riches of his grace in goodness to us by Jesus Christ.

For by grace are you saved through the faith; and that not of you; [it is] the gift of God;

not of works, that no one may boast;

for we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, in which God before appointed that we should walk.

Wherefore, remember that you were formerly gentiles by birth, called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made in the flesh by the hand,

that at that time you were without Christ, alienated from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world;

the enmity, and abolished by his flesh the law of commandments [consisting] of ordinances, that of the two he might create in himself one new man, making peace,

that by revelation the mystery was made known to me,??s I wrote before in a few words,

that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly [worlds] should be made known, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God,

that he would grant to you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man,

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith, you being founded and established in love,

that you may be able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length, and depth and height,

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

To him that is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think, by the power which operates in us,

But this, that he ascended, what is it but that he first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

He that descended is the same also that ascended above all heavens, that he might fill all [places].

that we may be no longer children, driven about like waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the art of men, and the craftiness of deceitful wiles,

This I say then and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the other gentiles walk, in the vanity of their minds,

that you should lay aside your former mode of life the old man destroyed by deceitful desires,

Let him that has stolen steal no more, but rather let him labor, doing that which is good with his hands, that he may have to give to him that needs.

Let no evil word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for useful edification, that it may afford benefit to those that hear.

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

Wherefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.

See then that you walk discreetly, not as unwise but as wise,

that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word,

that he might present the church to himself glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it should be holy and blameless.

Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself;

But do you also, individually, each one so love his wife as himself, and the wife [see] that she reverences the husband.

that it may be well with you, and you shall live long in the land.

knowing that whatever good each one does, for this he shall receive from the Lord, whether a servant or a freeman.

And, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing also that their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

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

Take therefore the whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all to stand.

and for me, that a word may be given me at the opening of my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

in behalf of which I perform an embassy in bonds, that I may speak boldly in them, as I ought to speak.

But that you may also know the things concerning me, how I do, Tichycus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will inform you of all things;

whom I have sent to you for this purpose, that you may know the things concerning us and that he may comfort your hearts.