to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

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

I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles –

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

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

Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,

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

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

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

Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,

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.

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

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ,

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts.

And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christ – you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,

– since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened – so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,