to the praise of his glorious grace, which he bestowed upon us in the beloved,

which he bestowed on us abundantly with all wisdom and knowledge

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself

in respect to the dispensation of the fullness of times, to bring all things into one in Christ, the things which are in heaven and the things which are on earth, in him

which is a pledge of our inheritance for the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.

which he performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly [worlds],

which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all things in all.

And you being dead in trespasses and sins,??2 in which you formerly walked according to the life of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit which now operates in the children of disobedience,

but God who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,??5 even when we were dead in sins he made us alive with Christ,??y grace are you saved,

for we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, in which God before appointed that we should walk.

by which all the building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

in which you also are built up together for a spiritual habitation of God.

by reading which you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,??5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power.

according to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Wherefore I desire you not to faint on account of my afflictions for you, which are your glory.

and to know the love of Christ which exceeds knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

To him that is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think, by the power which operates in us,

I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called,

with their understandings darkened, alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance which is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts,

Let him that has stolen steal no more, but rather let him labor, doing that which is good with his hands, that he may have to give to him that needs.

Let no evil word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for useful edification, that it may afford benefit to those that hear.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by which you were sealed to the day of redemption.

For the things which are done by them in secret it is base even to mention;

but all things proved to be wrong are made manifest by the light; for every thing which makes manifest is light.

And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the spirit,

Honor your father and your mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

over all, taking the shield of the faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of evil.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

in behalf of which I perform an embassy in bonds, that I may speak boldly in them, as I ought to speak.