It is through union with Him that we have redemption by His blood and the forgiveness of our shortcomings, in accordance with the generosity of His unmerited favor

You too, as you have heard the message of the truth, the good news that means your salvation, and as you have trusted in Him too, have been stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,

This is why I myself, since I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and in all His people,

has made us, though dead because of our shortcomings, live again in fellowship with Christ -- it is by His unmerited favor that you have been saved.

For it is by His unmerited favor through faith that you have been saved; it is not by anything that you have done, it is the gift of God.

But now through your union with Christ Jesus you who were once far away have through the blood of Christ been brought near.

for it is by Him through one Spirit that both of us now have an introduction to the Father.

that is, if you have heard how God's favor has been entrusted to me for you,

and how by revelation the secret was made known to me, as I have briefly written before.

By union with Him and through faith in Him we have a free and confidential introduction to God.

So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received,

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope resulting from the call you have received;

for in their recklessness they have abandoned themselves to sensuality which leads to excessive practices of all sorts of immorality.

But this is not the way you have learned what Christ means,

if, as I take it, you have heard Him and in union with Him have been taught the truth as it is seen in Jesus,

and to have a new attitude of mind

The man who used to steal must now stop stealing; rather, he must keep on working and toiling with his own hands at some honest vocation, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.

You must stop offending the Holy Spirit of God by whom you have been stamped for the day of redemption.

For you may be absolutely sure that no one who is sexually impure, immoral or greedy for gain (for that is idolatry) can have a part in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Spiritual blessing be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.