¹⁸ I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.^[a]

¹⁸ to open their eyes, so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God’s people, who are set apart by faith in me.’

⁶ For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

3 See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him. ² Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. ³ And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.

⁷ He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.

⁸ For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!

¹⁶ I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

⁴ For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.