one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,

Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

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

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,

With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things.

and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”