12. to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
13. in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14. who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
15. For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,
16. don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
17. that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
18. having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19. and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
20. which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,