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

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.

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

Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

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

But all things being exposed by the light are made evident.

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 in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.

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

Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love.

But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,