according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth -- in him;

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him -- head over all things to the assembly,

which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

because through him we have the access -- we both -- in one Spirit unto the Father.

in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him,

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

to Him is the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him in all things, who is the head -- the Christ;

if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.