Do not give the devil an opportunity.

This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

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 to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan – a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

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

making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,

Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

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,

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.

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

even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved! –

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

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

because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.