And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

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

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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

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

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

– 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,