| 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the
saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to
you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:
4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blemish before him in love: 5 having
foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory
of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we
have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us
in all wisdom and prudence, 9 making known unto us the mystery of his
will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him 10 unto a
dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the
things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say,
11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of
his will; 12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we
who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word
of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,-- in whom, having also believed,
ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 which is an earnest of
our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto
the praise of his glory. 15 For this cause I also, having heard of the
faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which ye
show toward all the saints, 16 cease not to give thanks for you,
making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the God of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of him; 18 having the eyes of your heart
enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 and what the
exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that
working of the strength of his might 20 which he wrought in Christ, when
he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the
heavenly places, 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power,
and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also
in that which is to come: 22 and he put all things in subjection under his
feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is
his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
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