13. So I ask you not to be discouraged because of what is happening to me. My sufferings are for your benefit—for your honor and glory.
14. So I bow in prayer before the Father.
15. Every family in heaven and on earth gets its true name from him.
16. I ask the Father with his great glory to give you the power to be strong in your spirits. He will give you that strength through his Spirit.
17. I pray that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. I pray that your life will be strong in love and be built on love.
18. And I pray that you and all God’s holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ’s love—how wide, how long, how high, and how deep that love is.
19. Christ’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with everything God has for you.
20. With God’s power working in us, he can do much, much more than anything we can ask or think of.
21. To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus for all time, forever and ever. Amen.