St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 3:8-21 BRETHREN, to me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things; that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose which he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and confidence of access through our faith in him. So l ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with the fulness of God. Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.

St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10 BRETHREN, God who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God: not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:1-3 BRETHREN, God has put all things under his son's feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all. And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ.

t. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:11-13

BRETHREN, remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh,
called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision, which is
made in the flesh by hands - remember that you were at that time
separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in
the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have
been brought near in the blood of Christ.

Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19

Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that
is good and right and true), and try to learn what is pleasing to
the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but
instead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that
they do in secret; but when anything is exposed by the light it
becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it
is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ
shall give you light." Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise
men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are
evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the
Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but
be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with
all your heart.

St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:10-17

rethren, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on
the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil. For we are not contending against flesh and blood,
but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world
rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take the whole armor of God,
that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done
all, to stand. Stand, therefore, having girded your loins with truth,
and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod
your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace; besides all
these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the
flaming darts of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:14-22

BRETHREN, Christ is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken
down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the
law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself
one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile
us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby bringing the
hostility to an end. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off
and peace to those who were near; for through him we both have access
in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and
sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the
household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure
is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom
you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10

RETHREN, God who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he
loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive
together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with
him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his
grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been
saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of
God: not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand, that we should walk in them.