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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit;
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Paul’s Prayer
I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason
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so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints,
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God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
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From Death to Life
You were dead through the trespasses and sins
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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—
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remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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I pray, therefore, that you may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory.
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from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name.
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I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit
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and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.
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there is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling,
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from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love.
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they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.
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to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,
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and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
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and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
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Rules for the New Life
So then, putting away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with your neighbor, for we are members of one another.
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Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
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Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is good for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.
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Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.
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for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to one another, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,
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The Christian Household
Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord,