Because of this I also, hearing of {your faith} in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this age but also in the coming one,

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience,

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this [is] not from yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;

On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles

To me, the least of all the saints, was given this grace: to proclaim the good news of the fathomless riches of Christ to the Gentiles,

On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,

Now to each one of us was given this grace, according to the measure of Christ's gift.

This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, [that] you no longer walk as the Gentiles walk: in the futility of their mind,

But you did not learn Christ in this way,

For this you know {for certain}, that every sexually immoral [person], or unclean [person], or greedy [person] (who is an idolater), does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Because of this do not become foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord [is].

"For this [reason] a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

(This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

[because you] know that each one of you, whatever good he should do, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].

Because of this, take up the full armor of God, in order that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

whom I have sent to you for this very [reason], that you may know {our circumstances}, and he may encourage your hearts.