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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
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Thanksgiving and Prayer
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
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I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
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In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
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Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ,
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according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
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and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
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one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
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until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
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Instructions for Christian Living
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
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For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
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and find out what pleases the Lord.
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Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
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speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
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Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,
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because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.
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The Armor of God
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
