Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh – who are called “uncircumcision” by the so-called “circumcision” that is performed on the body by human hands –

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.

Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.”

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!”

This mystery is great – but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.