just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, [that] we should be holy and blameless before him in love,

Indeed, all of us once behaved like them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we were destined for wrath, just like everyone else.

But, just now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who at one time were afar off, were made nigh in the blood of the Christ;

According to revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,

There is one body [of believers] and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when called [to salvation]—

So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

if indeed you have heard [about] him, and you were taught by him (just as truth is in Jesus),

Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.

and live in love, just as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant smell.

For the husband is the [spiritual] head over his wife, just as Christ is also the [spiritual] head over the church, since He is the Savior of the body.

And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ [does] the church,

But each one of you must love his wife just as he loves himself, and the wife, too, must respect her husband.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.

Do not serve them only when you are being watched, just to gain their approval, but as slaves of Christ, doing what God wants from your heart.

Render your service wholeheartedly, as you would to the Lord, and not [just] to people,

and you masters have a just regard to them, by softning your authority: knowing that both their and your master is in heaven, where there is no respect of persons with him.