to demonstrate in the coming ages ¹  the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward ²  us in Christ Jesus.

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

In him ¹  the whole building, ²  being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

For ¹  he chose us in Christ ²  before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished ³  in his sight ⁴  in love. ⁵ 

to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

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

if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.

to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

when he nullified ¹  in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man ²  out of two, ³  thus making peace,

But practicing the truth in love, ¹  we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

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

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music ¹  in ²  your hearts to the Lord,

that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

And although you were ¹  dead ²  in your transgressions and sins,

toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up ¹  all things in Christ – the things in heaven ²  and the things on earth. ³ 

far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

Blessed ¹  is ²  the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed ³  us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

This power ¹  he exercised ²  in Christ when he raised him ³  from the dead and seated him ⁴  at his right hand in the heavenly realms ⁵ 

So I say this, and insist ¹  in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility ²  of their thinking. ³