But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

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

Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

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

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.

even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved! –

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ,

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

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

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

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

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

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

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –

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,

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,

From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love.

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

and to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan – a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.

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