| 1: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
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| 2: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the
Lord Jesus Christ. |
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| 3:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in
Christ: |
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| 4: 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:
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| 5: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus
Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, |
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| 6: To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made
us accepted in the beloved. |
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| 7: In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness
of sins, according to the riches of his grace; |
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| 8: Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
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| 9: Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according
to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: |
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| 10: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might
gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven,
and which are on earth; even in him: |
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| 11: 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: |
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| 12: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first
trusted in Christ. |
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| 13: In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of
truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye
believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, |
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| 14: Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption
of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. |
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| 15: Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord
Jesus, and love unto all the saints, |
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| 16: Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my
prayers; |
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| 17: That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge
of him: |
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| 18: 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, |
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| 19: And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward
who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, |
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| 20: 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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| 21: Far above all principality, and power, and might, and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also
in that which is to come: |
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| 22: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be
the head over all things to the church, |
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| 23: Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in
all. |
