For this reason, ever since I heard of your faith

I have not stopped giving thanks to God for you.

I remember you in my prayers

and ask the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the glorious Father, to give you the Spirit, who will make you wise

and reveal God to you, so that you will know him.

I ask that your minds may be opened to see his light,

so that you will know what is the hope

to which he has called you, how rich are the wonderful blessings

he promises his people, and how very great is his power at work

in us who believe.

This power working in us is the same as the mighty strength

which he used when he raised Christ from death and seated him

at his right side in the heavenly world.