He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will --

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

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

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love.