Therefore do not be partakers with them,

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.

it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

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

Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise,

For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching – as people-pleasers – but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

so that he may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.