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You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

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in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

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among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

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

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even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

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and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

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that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

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

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not of works, that no one would boast.

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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

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Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision,” (in the flesh, made by hands);

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that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

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For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,

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having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;

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and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.

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He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

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For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

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So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

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being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

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in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

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in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

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For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

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if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

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how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

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by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

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which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

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that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

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of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

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To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

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to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

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according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

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in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

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Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

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For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

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that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

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that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

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may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

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and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

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to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

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I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

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with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

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being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

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one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

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But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

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Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”

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Now this, “He ascended,” what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

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He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

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for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

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until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

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that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

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but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

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from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

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This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

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being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;

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who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

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But you did not learn Christ that way;

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if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:

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that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

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and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

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and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

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Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

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“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

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neither give place to the devil.

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Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

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Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

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And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

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Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

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But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

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nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

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Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

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Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

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Therefore don’t be partakers with them.

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

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for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

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proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

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Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

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For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

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But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

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Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

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Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

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redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

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speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

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giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

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subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

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For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

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But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;