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that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,
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to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
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Thanksgiving and Prayer
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
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far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
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And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
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All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
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Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ,
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and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
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may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
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and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
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to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
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one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
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He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
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until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
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Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
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Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
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Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
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(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)
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After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—
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In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
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And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
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Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
