among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

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

I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

that by revelation the divine secret was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.

you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

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

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

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

Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,

Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Now this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

To me – less than the least of all the saints – this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ