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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

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

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

Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting – all of which are out of character – but rather thanksgiving.

for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth –

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

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

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.

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.

among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…

Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

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

So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,