so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, the most glorious Father, would give you a wise spirit, along with revelation that comes through knowing the Messiah fully.

I pray that he would give you, according to his glorious riches, strength in your inner being and power through his Spirit,

and that the Messiah would make his home in your hearts through faith. Then, having been rooted and grounded in love,

The one who went down is the same one who went up above all the heavens so that all things would be fulfilled.

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.

Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,

Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.