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

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

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

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

This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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

In Christ we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.

And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things.

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

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,

because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord.

from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named.

“that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace,

and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

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,

For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,