In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom

Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power

which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

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 sons of disobedience,

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

not of works, lest anyone should boast.

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

of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

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

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

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,

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

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.

who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

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

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

finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.