Ephesians 1
Greeting
1Paul, aan apostle of Christ Jesus bby the will of God,To the saints who are in Ephesus, and care faithful ▼ in Christ Jesus: 2 eGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 fBlessed be gthe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing hin the heavenly places, 4 ieven as he jchose us in him kbefore the foundation of the world, that we should be lholy and blameless before him. In love 5 mhe predestined us ▼▼Or before him in love, having predestined us
for oadoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, paccording to the purpose of his will, 6 qto the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in rthe Beloved. 7 sIn him we have tredemption uthrough his blood, vthe forgiveness of our trespasses, waccording to the riches of his grace, 8which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 xmaking known ▼▼Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known
to us the mystery of his will, zaccording to his purpose, which he aaset forth in Christ ▼▼Greek him
10as a plan for acthe fullness of time, adto unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth in him. 11In him we have obtained aean inheritance, afhaving been predestined agaccording to the purpose of him who works all things according to ahthe counsel of his will, 12so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be aito the praise of his glory. 13In him you also, when you heard ajthe word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, akwere sealed with the alpromised Holy Spirit, 14who is amthe guarantee ▼▼Or down payment
of our aoinheritance until apwe acquire aqpossession of it, ▼▼Or until God redeems his possession
asto the praise of his glory. Thanksgiving and Prayer
15For this reason, atbecause I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love ▼▼Some manuscripts omit your love
toward all the saints, 16I avdo not cease to give thanks for you, awremembering you in my prayers, 17that axthe God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, aymay give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 azhaving the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is bathe hope to which he has called you, what are bbthe riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, bcaccording to the working of bdhis great might 20that he worked in Christ bewhen he raised him from the dead and bfseated him at his right hand bgin the heavenly places, 21 bhfar above biall rule and authority and power and dominion, and above bjevery name that is named, not only in bkthis age but also in the one to come. 22And blhe put all things under his feet and gave him as bmhead over all things to the church, 23 bnwhich is his body, bothe fullness of him bpwho fills bqall in all.
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