then it was that God, who is rich in mercy, thro' his great love, wherewith he loved us,

that in the ages to come, he might shew the immense riches of his gracious kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus.

for by grace are ye saved, thro' faith (and that not from us:

for thro' him both of us have access by the same spirit to the father.

unto him be glory in the church, even by Christ Jesus, thro' all the successions of future ages. amen.

there is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

one God and father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all.

thus fitly qualifying his servants for their respective offices, in order to build up the body of Christ:

This I say therefore, and conjure you by the Lord not to live for the future as other Gentiles do, in the vanity of their minds,

which are overspread with darkness, and averse to a religious life, thro' their innate ignorance and obduracy:

let married women be submissive to their husbands, out of regard to the Lord.

as the church then is subordinate to Christ, so let women be to their husbands upon all occasions.

in like manner ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: "he that loves his wife, loveth himself."

not doing your work meerly out of regard to their presence or their pleasure, but as the servants of Christ, in hearty obedience to the will of God:

and you masters have a just regard to them, by softning your authority: knowing that both their and your master is in heaven, where there is no respect of persons with him.