to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved;

which He made to superabound toward us in all wisdom and understanding;

making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him,

which is an earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

On this account I also, having heard of the faith, on your part, in the Lord Jesus, and the love which ye show towards all the saints,

which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the Heavenly places,

which, indeed, is His body, the fulness of Him Who is filling all in all.

in which ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience;

for we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.

Wherefore, remember that ye, the gentiles in flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in flesh made by hand,

if, at least, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,

respecting which ye can, by reading, perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.

and to plainly show what is the dispensation of the mystery which from the ages has been hidden away in God, Who made all things;

according to a purpose of the ages which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Wherefore, I ask that ye faint not at my tribulations in your behalf, which, indeed, is your glory.

I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord exhort you to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have to impart to him that has need.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not becoming, but rather thanks-giving.

And be not drunken with wine, in which is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

"Honor your father and mother" (which, indeed, is the first commandment with a promise),

withal having taken up the shield of faith, with which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

And receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

for which I am an ambassador in chains, that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.