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

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

But all things being exposed by the light are made evident.

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

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

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.

who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching – as people-pleasers – but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak – that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,

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,

Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.