In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,

Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.

Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down,

In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.

By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.

From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.

Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, so that you may have knowledge of our position, and that he may give comfort to your hearts.