at the dispensation of the fulness of the appointed times to gather together under one head all things in Christ, whether they be things in heaven or things in earth, in him:

So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth were called "the uncircumcised" by those who called themselves "the circumcised." They underwent physical circumcision done by human hands.

by setting aside the Law with its commandments, expressed, as they were, in definite decrees. His design was to unite the two sections of humanity in Himself so as to form one new man,

That they who are of the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through means of the glad-message, -

So I beg you not to lose heart over the sorrows that I am suffering for your sake, for they bring you honor.

[and He did this] to fully equip and perfect the saints (God’s people) for works of service, to build up the body of Christ [the church];

That we henceforth be no more children, wavering and carried with every wind of doctrine, by the wiliness of men and craftiness, whereby they lay a wait for us to deceive us.

They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.

for in their recklessness they have abandoned themselves to sensuality which leads to excessive practices of all sorts of immorality.

You must stop letting any bad word pass your lips, but only words that are good for building up as the occasion demands, so that they will result in spiritual blessing to the hearers.

But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.

there must be no indecency, silly talk or suggestive jesting, for they are unbecoming. There should be thanksgiving instead.

and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.

but all things, when they are rebuked of the light, are manifest. For whatsoever is manifest, that same is light.

This is the way married men ought to love their wives, as they do their own bodies. The married man who loves his wife is really loving himself,

For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

not serving them as though they were watching you, but as true slaves of Christ, trying to carry out the will of God.

Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.