For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

But the scripture imprisoned everything and everyone under sin so that the promise could be given – because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ – to those who believe.

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

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

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,

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

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,

Do not give the devil an opportunity.

The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

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

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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

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.

complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.