and to knowthe loveof Christwhich surpassesknowledge,that you may be filledup to allthe fullnessof God.
As for me, I shall beholdYour facein righteousness;I will be satisfiedwith Your likenesswhen I awake.
Then I will goto the altarof God,To Godmy exceedingjoy;And upon the lyreI shall praiseYou, O God,my God.
"Blessedare thosewho hungerand thirstfor righteousness,for they shall be satisfied.
For of His fullnesswe have allreceived,and graceupon grace.
"Thisis eternallife,that they may knowYou, the onlytrue God,and JesusChristwhomYou have sent.
Whowill separateus from the loveof Christ?Will tribulation,ordistress,orpersecution,orfamine,ornakedness,orperil,orsword?
norheight,nordepth,noranyothercreated thing,will be ableto separateus from the loveof God,which is in ChristJesusour Lord.
For the loveof Christcontrolsus, having concludedthis,that onediedfor all,thereforealldied;
"I have been crucifiedwith Christ;and it is no longerI who live,but Christlivesin me; and the [life] whichI nowlivein the fleshI liveby faithin the Sonof God,who lovedme and gaveHimselfup for me.
whichis His body,the fullnessof Him who fillsallin all.
may be ableto comprehendwith allthe saintswhatis the breadthand lengthand heightand depth,
and walkin love,justas Christalsolovedyou and gaveHimselfup for us, an offeringand a sacrificeto Godas a fragrantaroma.
Husbands,loveyour wives,justas Christalsolovedthe churchand gaveHimselfup for her,
For it is onlyrightfor me to feelthis wayaboutyou all,becauseI haveyou in my heart,since bothin my imprisonmentand in the defenseand confirmationof the gospel,you allare partakersof gracewith me.
And the peaceof God,which surpassesallcomprehension,will guardyour heartsand your mindsin ChristJesus.
so that you will walkin a manner worthyof the Lord,to please[Him] in allrespects,bearing fruitin everygoodworkand increasingin the knowledgeof God;
and though you have not seenHim, you loveHim, and though you do not seeHim now,but believein Him, you greatly rejoicewith joyinexpressibleand full of glory,
but growin the graceand knowledgeof our Lordand SaviorJesusChrist.To Him [be] the glory,bothnowand to the dayof eternity.Amen.