in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of his glory.

In him, you also have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having also believed, you were sealed in him with the promised Holy Spirit,

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Among them we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ.

And he came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call,

assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus.

You were taught, with regard to your former manner of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful lusts;

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light