without a spiritual mind we cannot hope to understand them. So the apostle puts that first. His prayer comes first. Then, having prayed, he puts the knowledge and the instruction before them. How can we have a true conception of the greatness of God’s power in salvation? This is a constantly recurring theme in the letters of the apostle Paul. Take that magnificent statement in Romans 1:16, ‘I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ’. Why? Because ‘it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone