having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

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

They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Bondservants and Masters

Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ,

not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.