For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

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

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.