It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,

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

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.

Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.

– 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,

when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace,

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.