from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named.

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.

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?

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

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