Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace,

and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;

from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

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.

having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”

not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.