Study Desk

as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

As for you, you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...

Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,

and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was hidden in God, who created all things.

So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

to equip the saints for works of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,

Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are members of one another.