For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

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

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

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

The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

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

For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.

and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness – a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.

Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

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.

At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.

But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.