17. I always pray to the God of our Lord Jesus Christ—to the glorious Father. I pray that he will give you a spirit that will make you wise in the knowledge of God—the knowledge that he has shown you.
18. I pray that you will have greater understanding in your heart. Then you will know the hope that God has chosen to give us. I pray that you will know that the blessings God has promised his holy people are rich and glorious.
19. And you will know that God’s power is very great for us who believe. That power is the same as the great strength
20. God used to raise Christ from death and put him at his right side in heaven.
21. God made Christ more important than all rulers, authorities, powers, and kings. Christ is more important than anything in this world or in the next world.
22. God put everything under his power. And God made him the head over everything for the church.
23. The church is Christ’s body. The church is filled with Christ, and Christ fills everything in every way.