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Ephesians 1

The Blessings of Redemption

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Paul,  aan apostle of  bChrist Jesus  1 cby the will of God,

To the  2 dsaints who are  3at  eEphesus and  fwho are faithful in  bChrist Jesus:

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 aGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 aBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in  bthe heavenly places in Christ,

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just as  aHe chose us in Him before  bthe foundation of the world, that we would be  choly and blameless before  1Him.  dIn love

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 1He  apredestined us to  badoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself,  caccording to the  2kind intention of His will,

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 ato the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in  bthe Beloved.

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 aIn  1Him we have  bredemption  cthrough His blood, the  dforgiveness of our trespasses, according to  ethe riches of His grace

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which He  1lavished on  2us. In all wisdom and insight

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He  1 amade known to us the mystery of His will,  baccording to His  2kind intention which He  cpurposed in Him

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with a view to an administration  1suitable to  athe fullness of the times, that is,  bthe summing up of all things in Christ, things  2in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

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 1also we  2 ahave obtained an inheritance, having been  bpredestined  caccording to His purpose who works all things  dafter the counsel of His will,

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to the end that we who were the first to hope in  1Christ would be  ato the praise of His glory.

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In  1Him, you also, after listening to  athe message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also  2believed, you were  bsealed in  1Him with  cthe Holy Spirit of promise,

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who is  1 agiven as a pledge of  bour inheritance, with a view to the  credemption of  dGod's own possession,  eto the praise of His glory.

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For this reason I too,  ahaving heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and  1your love for  ball the  2saints,

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 ado not cease giving thanks for you,  bwhile making mention of you in my prayers;

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that the  aGod of our Lord Jesus Christ,  bthe Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of  cwisdom and of  drevelation in the  1knowledge of Him.

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I pray that  athe eyes of your heart  1may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the  bhope of His  ccalling, what are  dthe riches of the glory of  eHis inheritance in  fthe  2saints,

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and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.  aThese are in accordance with the working of the  bstrength of His might

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which He brought about in Christ, when He  araised Him from the dead and  bseated Him at His right hand in  cthe heavenly places,

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far above  aall rule and authority and power and dominion, and every  bname that is named, not only in  cthis age but also in the one to come.

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And He  aput all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as  bhead over all things to the church,

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which is His  abody, the  bfullness of Him who  cfills  dall in all.



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