also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will,

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ.

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

and to make plain to everyone the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but rather must labor, doing useful work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with those in need.