And what the surpassing greatness of his power unto us who believe, - according to the energy of the grasp of his might

which he energised in the Christ, when he raised him from among the dead, and seated him at his right hand in the heavenlies,

Unto you also - being dead by your offences and sins,

For, by his favour, have ye been saved, through means of faith, and this hath come to pass - not from you, of God, the free-gift!

He, in fact, is our peace - who made both one, and, the enclosing middle-wall, took down,

And might fully reconcile them both, in one body, through means of the cross, - slaying the enmity thereby; -

Having been built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, there being, for chief corner stone, Jesus Christ himself, -

Which, in other generations, had not been made known unto the sons of men, as it hath, now, been revealed by his holy apostles and prophets, in Spirit; -

And to bring to light - what is the administration of the sacred secret which had been hidden away from the ages in God, who did all things create:

In order that now, unto the principalities and the authorities in the heavenlies, might be made known, through means of the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God, -

In whom we have our freedom of speech and introduction with assurance, through the faith of him; -

From whom every fatherhood in the heavens and upon the earth is named, -

That the Christ may dwell, through means of your faith, in your hearts, in love, having become rooted and founded,

Unto him, be the glory, in the assembly, and in Christ Jesus - unto all the generations of the age of ages; Amen: -

With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,

One body, and one spirit, even as ye were also called in one hope of your calling,

Wherefore he saith - Ascending on high, he took captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

Until we all advance - into the oneness of the faith, and the personal knowledge of the Son of God, into a man of full-growth, into the measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;

That we may, no longer, be infants - billow-tossed and shifted round with every wind of teaching, - in the craft of men, in knavery suited to the artifice of error;

Out of whom all the body - fitly framing itself together, and connecting itself, through means of every joint of supply, by way of energising in the measure of each single part - secureth the growing of the body, unto an upbuilding of itself in love.

This, therefore, am I saying and protesting in the Lord: - that, no longer, ye walk even as, the nations, walk - in the vanity of their minds,

If, at least, it is, him, ye have heard, and, in him, ye have been taught - even as truth is in Jesus, -

And were to be getting young again in the spirit of your mind,

Be ye angry, and not committing sin, let not the sun be going down upon your angry mood,

And be not grieving the Holy Spirit of God, wherewith ye have been sealed unto a day of redemption;

And be ye gracious one to another, tenderly affectionate, in favour forgiving one another - even as, God also, in Christ, hath in favour forgiven you;

But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you - even as becometh saints;

For, this, ye know, if ye take note - that no fornicator, or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

And be not joining in fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness, but, rather, be even administering reproof;

And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; -

Giving thanks, always, for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto your God and Father;

Ye husbands, be loving your wives, even as, the Christ also, loved the assembly, and delivered, himself, up in her behalf,

That, he, might present, unto himself, the assembly, all glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any of such things, but that she should be holy and blameless;

No one, in fact, ever yet hated, his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, - even as, the Christ, the assembly,

This sacred secret, is, great, - I, however, am speaking as to Christ and as tothe assembly; -

Nevertheless, ye also, do ye, individually, each man be so loving, his own wife, as himself, and, the wife, see that she reverence her husband.

Honour thy father and thy mother, - which indeed is the first commandment with promise,

That it may come to be, well with thee, and thou shalt be long-lived upon the land.

Ye servants, be obedient unto them who, after the flesh, are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto the Christ;

with good will, rendering service - as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

For the rest, be empowering yourselves in the Lord, and in the grasp of his might:

Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but, against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies.

For this cause, take up the complete armour of God, in order that ye may receive power to withstand in the evil day, and, all things, having accomplished, to stand!

Stand therefore, - having girded your loins with truth, and put on the breastplate of righteousness,

And shod your feet with the readiness of the glad-message of peace;

And on behalf of me; - that, unto me, may be given discourse in the opening of my mouth, with freedom of utterance, to make known the sacred secret of the glad-message

In order, however, that, ye also, may know the things which relate to me - what I am accomplishing, - all things, shall Tychicus make known unto you, he the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord,

Whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may get to know the things concerning us, and he may encourage your hearts.

To the end ye may be putting to the test the things that differ, in order that ye may be incorrupt and may give no occasion of stumbling, unto the day of Christ,

Filled with that fruit of righteousness which is through Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God.

So that, my bonds, have become manifest in Christ, in the whole palace, and unto all the rest, -

And so that , the most of the brethren in the Lord, assured by my bonds, are becoming more abundantly bold to be fearlessly speaking the word of God: -

Some, indeed, by reason of envy and strife - some, however, by reason of good will - are proclaiming, the Christ:

For I know that, this, shall turn unto me for salvation - through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, -

According to my eager outlook and hope, that, in nothing, shall I be put to shame, but, with all freedom of speech, as always, now also, shall Christ be magnified in my body, whether through means of life, or of death.

For, unto me - living, is Christ, and, dying, gain.

But, if living in flesh, is Christ , this, unto me, is a fruit of work, - and, what I shall choose, I make not known:

I am held in constraint, however, by reason of the two, - having, the coveting, to be released, and to be with, Christ, for it were far better!

Only, in a manner worthy of the glad-message of the Christ, be using your citizenship; in order that - whether coming and seeing you, or being absent, I may hear of the things which concern you - that ye are standing fast in one spirit, with one soul, joining for the combat along with the faith of the glad-message;

Having, the same contest, which ye have seen in me, and now hear to be in me.

If there be, therefore, any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any tender affections and compassions,

And, in fashion, being found, as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient as far as death, yea, death upon a cross.

Wherefore also, God, uplifted him far on high, and favoured him with the name which is above every name, -

And, every tongue, might openly confess - that Jesus Christ is, Lord, unto the glory of God the Father.

So, then, my beloved - even as ye have always obeyed, not asin my presence only, but, now, much more, in my absence, with fear and trembling, your own salvation, be working out;

For it is, God, who energiseth within you, both the desiring and the energising, in behalf of his good pleasure.

All things, be doing, apart from murmurings and disputings;

Nay! if I am even to be poured out as a drink-offering, upon the sacrifice and public ministry of your faith, I rejoice, yea rejoice together with you all, -

Since he hath been longing to see, you all, and hath been in great distress, because ye had heard he was sick; -

The more promptly, therefore, have I sent him, that, seeing him again, ye may rejoice, and, I, the less sorrowful, may be.

Be giving him welcome, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy; and, such as he, in honour, be holding, -

So then he said unto me, See I have granted thee cows dung for mans dung, - and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereupon.

Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, This, is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations, I placed her, - and of the countries round about her;

Yea I will execute upon thee that which I have not executed, And like unto which I will not execute again,- Because of all thine abominations.

Son of man, Set thy face against the mountains of Israel, - and prophesy unto them;

And the slain shall fall in your midst, So shall ye nod that I a Yahweh.

Then shall they who have escaped of you remember me, among the nations whither they have been carried captive, In that I have broken their adulterous heart, which hath turned aside from me, And their eyes which have adulterously gone after their manufactured gods, So shall they become loathsome in their own sight, for the wicked things which they have done in all their abominations.

And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:

The circle hath come round unto thee. O inhabitant of the land,- The time hath come L The day of consternation hath drawn near. And not the joyful shout of the mountain.

The time hath come. The day hath arrived, The buyer, let him not rejoice, and The seller, let him not mourn, - For indignation, is against all her multitude.

For the seller, unto that which is to be sold, shall not return, though yet among the living, were their life, for the vision is against all her multitude. He shall not return, And line man by his punishment, shall strengthen his life.

While they who escape of them shall escape and become on the mountains as the doves of the valleys, all of them cooing, - -each one in his punishment.

All hands shall be unnerved; and All knees shall be weak as water,

Prepare thou a chain, For the land is full of the crime of bloodshed, And the city is full of violence.

and lo! there, the glory of the God of Israel, like the appearance which I had seen in the valley.

Then said he unto me, Son of man Lift up. I pray thee thine eyes, the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and 1o! on the north by the gate of the altar, this Statue of Jealousy, in the entrance.

Then said he unto m Son of man Break I pray thee through the wall. So I broke through the wall, and lo! a single opening.

Then said he unto me, - Go in, and see the wicked abominations. which they are committing here.

So he brought me into the opening of the gate of the house of Yahweh, which was toward the north, - and Lo! there, women sitting, weeping for Tammuz.

But unto these, said he in mine ears, Pass along through the city after him and smite, - let not your eyes shield, neither have ye pity:

And lo! the man clothed in linen, having the ink-holder by his side, bringing back word saying, - I have done according to all which thou didst command me.

Then looked I. and lo! in the expanses which was over the head of the cherubim as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, appeared over them.

Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the house when the man went in, - and, the, cloud filled the inner court,

And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard, as far as the outer court, - like the voice of the Almighty GOD when he speaketh,

So then it came to pass - when he commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, then went he in and stood beside the wheel.

and as for their appearance, one likeness had they our,-as might be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.

When the cherubim went, then went the wheels beside them, - and when the cherubim lifted up their wings, to arise from off the earth, the wheels themselves turned not from beside them;

when they stood, these stood, and when they arose, these arose with them, - for the spirit of the living ones was in them.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, These, are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are counselling wicked counsel in this city;

who are saying, Not near! let us build houses, - It, is the caldron, and, we, are the flesh!