8 for, we are his own workmanship, created by Christ Jesus for good works, in which God foreordained that we should walk.

9 Wherefore remember, that ye were formerly those Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that made with hands, in the flesh, which is called Circumcision:

10 that ye were, at that time, apart from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the Covenants; having no hope of the promise, and without God in the world:

11 but now, that ye are in Christ Jesus, ye who were formerly afar off, have been brought close, by the blood of Christ :

12 for he is our peace, who hath made us both to be one;

and hath broken down the middle wall of separation be

tween us,

13 having, in his flesh, abolished the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might make of the two one new man in himself, so making peace between us; 14 and that he might reconoloss. ii. 14. cile us both to God in one body, by the cross, having slain our enmity upon it:

15 and when he came, he proclaimed peace to you, who were afar off, and peace to us, who were nigh:

16 for, through him we both have access to the Father, by one and the same Spirit.

17 Now, therefore, ye are no longer strangers and foreigners; but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

18 and are built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets; Christ Jesus himself, being the chief corner-stone: 19 in whom all the building, aptly fitted together, groweth up into an holy sanctuary, in the Lord:

20 into which ye, also, are builded together with us, for an habitation of Christ, through the Spirit.

vealed to the holy apostles and prophets, by the Spirit;

5 that the Gentiles should be joint-heirs, and of the same body, and joint-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus, through the gospel :

6 of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me by the effectual working of his

power:

7 to me, the very least of all the saints, the grace is given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of

Christ;

8 and to make them all see, what is the dispensation of the mystery which, from the beginning of the world, hath been hidden in God, who created all things:

9 that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known, by the church, to the principalities and authorities in heavenly places,

10 according to his eternal purpose which he hath accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord;

whom the whole family in heaven and earth is so named, 14 that he would grant you, according to the richness of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in your inward manhood, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;

15 that, being rooted and grounded in love, ye may be empowered to apprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

16 and to know the love of Christ, which surpasseth knowledge; that ye may be filled with all the fulness of God.

17 Now, to him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to his power that worketh in us,

18 to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all the generations of the world. Amen.

CHAPTER IV.

THEREFORE, the pri- c. iii. 1. soner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which ye are called,

2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love; 3 striving to keep the unity

Tim. ii. 5.

- iii. 14.

Ps. 1xviii. 18.

of the Spirit in the bond of peace:

4 that ye may be one body, and one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 even as there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all:

6 but, to each of us grace is given, according to the measure of the free gift of Christ.

7 Wherefore he saith, "When “he ascended up on high, he "led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men :"

8 but, when it is said that he ascended, what meaneth it but that he also first descended to the lower parts of the earth?

9 He who descended, is the same that also ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill all things:

10 and, he appointed some 1 Cor. xii. 28. to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 11 for the fitting of the saints to the work of the ministry; for the building up of the body of Christ,

12 until we all meet together, in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, into a perfect man; to the measure of stature of the fulness of Christ :

13 that we may be no longer infants, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the craft and subtilty of men, according to the devices of seduction;

14 but that, speaking the truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ:

15 from whom the whole body, fitted and compacted together by every joint of the construction, according to the measure of operation of each part, maketh the body increase, Col. ii. 19. to the building up of itself in love.

16 This, therefore, I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye walk no longer as the Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind;

17 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, through the blindness of their heart:

18 who, without remorse, have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

19 But ye have not so learned the Christ;

20 since ye have heard him, and been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus;

21 that ye must put off, with respect to your first conversation, your former manhood,

which was corrupted by its deceitful lusts;

22 and must be renewed in the Col. iii. 9. spirit of your mind, and put on the new manhood, which is created by God in justification, and in the holiness of the truth.

23 Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye every one truth to his neighbour: for we are members one of another. 24 Are ye angered? yet, sin not let not the sun go down upon your anger; neither make place for the devil :

25 let him who hath stolen, steal no more, but rather let him labour; gaining by his hands that which is good, that he may be able to impart to him who hath need:

26 let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but such only as is good for improving the occasion; that it may minister grace to the

hearers:

27 and grieve not the holy Spirit of God, by which ye are sealed against the day of redemption :

28 let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, together with all malice:

29 be ye kind one to another, tender hearted; forgiving one another, even as God, in Christ, hath forgiven us.

CHAPTER V.

BE ye, therefore, imitators

of God, as His beloved

children;

2 and walk in love, even as Christ loved us, and gave himself, for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet smelling savour.

3 But, let not fornication, or any uncleanness, or covetousness, be even named among you, as becometh saints; 4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor wanton jesting, which things are not fitting; but rather, giving of thanks. 5 For this ye well know, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ, and of God.

6 Let no one deceive you with vain words; for, because of these things the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

7 be not ye, therefore, jointpartakers with them:

8 for, ye were formerly darkness; but, now that ye are light in the Lord, walk as children of light:

9 (for, the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and justification, and truth ;)

10 proving what is acceptable to the Lord:

11 and have no fellowship

with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them;

12 for, it is shameful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret:

13 but, all things that are exposed, are made manifest by the light for, whatsoever maketh manifest is light:

14 according to that which he saith, "Awake" thou that sleepest, and "arise" from the dead, and Christ will shine on thee.

15 Look diligently, then, how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; redeeming the time, because the days are evil:

16 therefore, be ye not mindless, but consider what the will of our Lord is:

17 and be not drunken with wine, in which is excess; but be ye filled with the Spirit,

18 speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and mak ing melody in your heart, to the Lord;

19 giving thanks always, for all things, to our God and Father, in the name of our Lord Christ Jesus:

20 submitting yourselves one to another, in the fear of Christ: 21 the wives, to their own husbands, as to the Lord;

22 for, the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also, who is the head of the

church, is himself the saviour 1 Cor. xi. 2, 3. of the body:

23 as, therefore, the church is subjected to Christ, so are the wives to their husbands, in every thing.

24 Ye husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

25 that he might sanctify and cleanse it by his word, as by the washing of water;

26 that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish :

27 so ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies; he who loveth his wife, loveth himself:

28 for, no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord loveth and cherisheth the church; for we are members of his body:

29 according to that which is Gen. ii. 24. said, "a man shall leave his "father and mother, and be "joined to his wife, and they "two shall be one flesh:"

30 this mystery is great; I speak with respect to Christ and the church :

31 but do ye, each, love his wife even as himself; and let the wife see, that she reverence her husband.