to the end that we who were the first to hope in the Christ would be to the praise of His glory.

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the people of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

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