Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.

For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sin.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide…