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

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,

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

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

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

if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,

Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, [fn]

for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,

from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," Zechariah 8:16">[fn] for we are members of one another.

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

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

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

For this you know, [fn] that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

(for the fruit of the Spirit [fn] is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),