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

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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

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.

This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

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

because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

To me – less than the least of all the saints – this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

Do not give the devil an opportunity.

Therefore do not be partakers with them,

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

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

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

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.

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.

Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, how I am doing.

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.