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Ephesians - ch 1 v 1 - 20
- Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
- According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
- Having predestinated us to the adoption of children to himself by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
- To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath made us accepted in the beloved:
- In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
- In which he hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence;
- Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
- That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might collect in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
- In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
- That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
- In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
- Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.
- Wherefore I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love to all the saints,
- Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
- That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
- The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- And what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
- Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
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