11. being strengthened in every virtue, in accord with the power of his glory, with all patience and longsuffering, with joy,
12. giving thanks to God the Father, who has made us worthy to have a share in the portion of the saints, in the light.
13. For he has rescued us from the power of darkness, and he has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,
14. in whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins.
15. He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.