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

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,

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

and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

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

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, how I am doing.

that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ’s faithfulness.

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

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.

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

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,