Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God – I say this to your shame!

Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.

and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

From Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.

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.

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.

They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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

Therefore let those of us who are “perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.