strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;

giving thanks to God, even the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light;

And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, that he might be in all things pre-eminent.

for which also I am labouring, conflicting in the energy of his might, which worketh in me powerfully.

in whom also ye have been circumcised with the circumcision not made with hands, by the putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ:

whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that he might know your affairs, and comfort your hearts;