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.

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are ¹  light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –

From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together ¹  through every supporting ligament. ²  As each one does its part, the body grows in love.

For you can be confident of this one thing: ¹  that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

In Christ ¹  we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, ²  since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will

You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, ¹  that it may give grace to those who hear.

Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience. ¹ 

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 

Do not give the devil an opportunity.

to the praise of the glory of his grace ¹  that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son. ² 

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

because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this ¹  will be rewarded by the Lord.

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh – who are called “uncircumcision” by the so-called “circumcision” that is performed on the body ¹  by human hands –

among whom ¹  all of us ²  also ³  formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath ⁴  even as the rest… ⁵ 

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ¹ 

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

It was he ¹  who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, ² 

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

And do not get drunk with wine, which ¹  is debauchery, ²  but be filled by the Spirit, ³ 

This mystery is great – but I am actually ¹  speaking with reference to Christ and the church.