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making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in him,

in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

that we who hoped beforehand in Christ should be for the praise of his glory,

who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.

(the eyes of your hearts having been enlightened), so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,

and what is the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength

which he has worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

and he subjected all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,

which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

in order that he might show in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.

For we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we may walk in them.

For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh,

(which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit):

of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God's grace given to me, according to the working of his power.

that he may grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands what is good, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church,