For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,

In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.

For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.

(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?

So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;

Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.

For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.

Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, so that you may have knowledge of our position, and that he may give comfort to your hearts.