which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

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

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."

But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;