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Ephesians
1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God,
to all the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful
in Christ Jesus.
Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly
places, in Christ:
As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in
charity.
Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children
through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the
purpose of his will:
Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which
he hath graced us in his beloved son.
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission
of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
Which hath superabounded in us in all wisdom and prudence,
That he might make known unto us the mystery of his
will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath
purposed in him,
In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish
all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth,
in him.
In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things
according to the counsel of his will.
That we may be unto the praise of his glory, we who
before hoped Christ:
In whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth,
(the gospel of your salvation;) in whom also believing,
you were signed with the holy Spirit of promise,
Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption
of acquisition, unto the praise of his glory.
Wherefore I also, hearing of your faith that is in the
Lord Jesus, and of your love towards all the saints,
Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration
of you in my prayers,
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of
revelation, in the knowledge of him:
The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know
what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in
the saints.
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards
us, who believe according to the operation of the might
of his power,
Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the
dead, and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly
places.
Above all principality, and power, and virtue, and dominion,
and every name that is named, not only in this world,
but also in that which is to come.
And he hath subjected all things under his feet, and
hath made him head over all the church,
Which is his body, and the fulness of him who is filled
all in all.
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