and in arranging, when the time should have fully come, that everything in heaven and on earth should be unified in Christ??11 the Christ through whom it is our lot to have been predestined by the design of him who in everything carries out the purpose of his will,

never cease to thank God for you when I mention you in my prayers.

So it says, "When he went up on high, he led a host of captives, And gave gifts to mankind."

yet when anything is exposed by the light, it is made visible, and anything that is made visible is light.

So you must take God's armor, so that when the evil day comes you will be able to make a stand, and when it is all over to hold your ground.

and for me, that when I open my lips I may be given a message, so that I may boldly make known the secret of the good news,

for the sake of which I am an envoy, and in prison. Pray that, when I tell it, I may have the courage to speak as I ought.