God is full of grace. From him we have all received grace in place of the grace already given.

从他丰满的恩典里，我们都领受了，而且恩上加恩。

从他的丰富里，我们都领受了恩典，而且恩上加恩。

从他的丰富里，我们都领受了恩典，而且恩上加恩。

从祂的丰盛里，我们一次又一次地领受了恩典。

从他的丰盛里我们都领受了，而且恩上加恩。

原来从他的丰盛完美中，我们都领受了恩典，而且恩上加恩。

從他豐滿的恩典裏，我們都領受了，而且恩上加恩。

從他的豐富裏，我們都領受了恩典，而且恩上加恩。

從他的豐富裏，我們都領受了恩典，而且恩上加恩。

從祂的豐盛裡，我們一次又一次地領受了恩典。

從他的豐盛裡我們都領受了，而且恩上加恩。

從他的豐滿裏我們都領受了，而且恩上加恩。

原來從他的豐盛完美中，我們都領受了恩典，而且恩上加恩。

由其所充者、我儕皆有所受、即恩之有加無已矣、

由其盛而我眾受恩寵、恩寵益增、

由其充滿、而我儕皆受恩寵、恩寵復加恩寵、

吾儕承蒙恩上加恩、莫不飽沾其無窮之蘊。

Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.

For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.

Indeed, we have all received grace upon grace from his fullness,

For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

Indeed, we have all received grace after grace from His fullness,

And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.

From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

God was pleased to have his whole nature living in Christ.

Through faith in Jesus we have received God’s grace. In that grace we stand. We are full of joy because we expect to share in God’s glory.

God’s whole nature is living in Christ in human form.Because you belong to Christ, you have been made complete. He is the ruler over every power and authority.

But each one of us has received a gift of grace. These gifts are given to us by Christ.That is why Scripture says,“ When he went up to his place on high, he took many prisoners. He gave gifts to his people.”( Psalm 68:18)What does“ he went up” mean? It can only mean that he also came down to the lower, earthly places.The one who came down is the same one who went up. He went up higher than all the heavens. He did it in order to fill all creation.So Christ himself gave the gift of the apostles to the church. He gave the prophets and those who preach the good news. And he also gave the pastors and teachers as a gift to the church.He gave all these people so that they might prepare God’s people to serve. Then the body of Christ will be built up.That will continue until we all become one in the faith. We will also become one in the knowledge of God’s Son. Then we will be grown up in the faith. We will receive everything that Christ has for us.

So he gave us new life because of what Christ has done. He gave us life even when we were dead in sin. God’s grace has saved you.God raised us up with Christ. He has seated us with him in his heavenly kingdom. That’s because we belong to Christ Jesus.He has done it to show the riches of his grace for all time to come. His grace can’t be compared with anything else. He has shown it by being kind to us. He was kind to us because of what Christ Jesus has done.God’s grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn’t come from anything you do. It is God’s gift.It is not based on anything you have done. No one can brag about earning it.We are God’s creation. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good works. Long ago God prepared these works for us to do.

I always thank my God for you. I thank him because of the grace he has given to you who belong to Christ Jesus.You have been blessed in every way because of him. You have been blessed in all your speech and knowledge.

And may you know his love, even though it can’t be known completely. Then you will be filled with everything God has for you.

The church is Christ’s body and is filled by Christ. He fills everything in every way.

All those things bring praise to his glorious grace. God freely gave us his grace because of the One he loves.We have been set free because of what Christ has done. Because he bled and died our sins have been forgiven. We have been set free because God’s grace is so rich.He poured his grace on us. By giving us great wisdom and understanding,

One man sinned, and death ruled over all people because of his sin. What will happen is even more sure than this. Those who receive the rich supply of God’s grace will rule with Christ. They will rule in his kingdom. They have received God’s gift and have been made right with him. This will happen because of what the one man, Jesus Christ, has done.

The one whom God has sent speaks God’s words. That’s because God gives the Holy Spirit without limit.

You have been chosen in keeping with what God the Father had planned. That happened through the Spirit’s work to make you pure and holy. God chose you so that you might obey Jesus Christ. God wanted you to be in a covenant relationship with him. He established this relationship by the blood of Christ. May more and more grace and peace be given to you.

I will give you words of wisdom. None of your enemies will be able to withstand them or prove them wrong.

All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in him.

“ So nothing can stop Zerubbabel from completing the temple. Even a mountain of problems will be smoothed out by him. When the temple is finished, he will put its most important stone in place. Then the people will shout,‘ God bless it! God bless it!’ ”

Everyone who has this kind of knowledge will be given more knowledge. In fact, they will have very much. If anyone doesn’t have this kind of knowledge, even what little they have will be taken away from them.

But John tried to stop him. So he told Jesus,“ I need to be baptized by you. So why do you come to me?”

When Peter saw this, he said,“ Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us? It’s not as if we’ve made this man walk by our own power or godliness.The God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has done this. God has brought glory to Jesus, who serves him. But you handed Jesus over to be killed. Pilate had decided to let him go. But you spoke against Jesus when he was in Pilate’s court.You spoke against the Holy and Blameless One. You asked for a murderer to be set free instead.You killed the one who gives life. But God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.This man whom you see and know was made strong because of faith in Jesus’ name. Faith in Jesus has healed him completely. You can see it with your own eyes.

“ I am the true vine. My Father is the gardener.He cuts off every branch joined to me that does not bear fruit. He trims every branch that does bear fruit. Then it will bear even more fruit.You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.Remain joined to me, just as I also remain joined to you. No branch can bear fruit by itself. It must remain joined to the vine. In the same way, you can’t bear fruit unless you remain joined to me.“ I am the vine. You are the branches. If you remain joined to me, and I to you, you will bear a lot of fruit. You can’t do anything without me.

The law was given so that sin would increase. But where sin increased, God’s grace increased even more.

“ I baptize you with water, calling you to turn away from your sins. But after me, someone is coming who is more powerful than I am. I’m not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

But you are not ruled by the power of sin. Instead, the Holy Spirit rules over you. This is true if the Spirit of God lives in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Christ.

They wanted to find out when and how this salvation would come. The Spirit of Christ in them was telling them about the sufferings of the Messiah. These were his sufferings that were going to come. The Spirit of Christ was also telling them about the glory that would follow.