if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ.

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

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

Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

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.

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church – he himself being the savior of the body.

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.

I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel:

with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.

and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,