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news that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

So then, you are no longer foreigners and strangers. On the contrary, you are fellow-citizens with God’s people and members of God’s family.

Yes, in union with him, you yourselves are being built together into a spiritual dwelling-place for God!

I assume that you have heard of the work God in his grace has given me to do for your benefit,

I became a servant of this Good News by God’s gracious gift, which he gave me through the operation of his power.

and of letting everyone see how this secret plan is going to work out. This plan, kept hidden for ages by God, the Creator of everything,

is for the rulers and authorities in heaven to learn, through the existence of the Messianic Community, how many-sided God’s wisdom is.

For this reason, I fall on my knees before the Father,

yes, to know it, even though it is beyond all knowing, so that you will be filled with all the fullness of God.

and one God, the Father of all, who rules over all, works through all and is in all.

until we all arrive at the unity implied by trusting and knowing the Son of God, at full manhood, at the standard of maturity set by the Messiah’s perfection.

Their intelligence has been shrouded in darkness, and they are estranged from the life of God, because of the ignorance in them, which in turn comes from resisting God’s will.

and clothe yourselves with the new nature created to be godly, which expresses itself in the righteousness and holiness that flow from the truth.

Don’t cause grief to God’s Ruach HaKodesh, for he has stamped you as his property until the day of final redemption.

Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted; and forgive each other, just as in the Messiah God has also forgiven you.

So imitate God, as his dear children;

and live a life of love, just as also the Messiah loved us, indeed, on our behalf gave himself up as an offering, as a slaughtered sacrifice to God with a pleasing fragrance.

For of this you can be sure: every sexually immoral, impure or greedy person — that is, every idol-worshipper — has no share in the Kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

Let no one deceive you with empty talk; for it is because of these things that God’s judgment is coming on those who disobey him.

always give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

Submit to one another in fear of the Messiah.

Don’t obey just to win their favor, serving only when they are watching you; but serve as slaves of the Messiah, doing what God wants with all your heart.

Use all the armor and weaponry that God provides, so that you will be able to stand against the deceptive tactics of the Adversary.

So take up every piece of war equipment God provides; so that when the evil day comes, you will be able to resist; and when the battle is won, you will still be standing.

And take the helmet of deliverance; along with the sword given by the Spirit, that is, the Word of God;