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who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.
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and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength
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far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
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which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
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in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.
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But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
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Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ
Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)—
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remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
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For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
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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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that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
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This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.
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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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Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
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There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
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one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
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This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.”
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He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
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Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
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They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
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That, however, is not the way of life you learned
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when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
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You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
