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Which in other ages was not made knowen vnto the sonnes of men, as it is now reueiled vnto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit,

That the Gentiles should be fellow heires, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ, by the Gospel:

Whereof I was made a Minister, according to the gift of the grace of God giuen vnto mee, by the effectuall working of his power.

That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory, to bee strengthened with might, by his Spirit in the inner man,

Wherefore putting away lying, speake euery man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Let him that stole, steale no more: but rather let him labour, working with his handes the thing which is good, that he may haue to giue to him that needeth.

So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: hee that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.

For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh: but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord the Church:

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

For this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and shall be ioyned vnto his wife, and they two shalbe one flesh.

Neuerthelesse, let euery one of you in particular, so loue his wife euen as himselfe, and the wife see that she reuerence her husband.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, & in the power of his might.

For vnto you it is giuen in the behalfe of Christ, not onely to beleeue on him, but also to suffer for his sake,

Looke not euery man on his owne things, but euery man also on the things of others.

For it is God which worketh in you, both to will, and to doe, of his good pleasure.

Because for the worke of Christ he was nigh vnto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lacke of seruice toward me.

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable vnto his death,

Who shall change our vile bodie, that it may bee fashioned like vnto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able euen to subdue all things vnto himselfe.

But my God shall supply all your need, according to his riches in glory, by Christ Iesus.

For this cause wee also, since the day we heard it, doe not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisedome and spirituall vnderstanding: