strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy;

giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints in light,

And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is the beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might have the first place in all things:

and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.

the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints;

having spoiled principalities and authorities, he made a show of them publicly, leading them in triumph by it.

Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,

whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that he might know your state, and that he might encourage your hearts: