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Ephesians 1

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1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through [the] will of God, To the saints being in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: VP

2 Grace to you⁺ and peace from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ. VP

3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the [One] having blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ in the heavenly realms, VP

4 just as He chose us in Him before [the] foundation of [the] world for us to be holy and blameless before Him, in love VP

5 having predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, VP

6 to [the] praise of [the] glory of His grace, which He graciously gave us in the Beloved [One], VP

7 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, VP

8 which He abounded to us in all wisdom and understanding, VP

9 having made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Him VP

10 for [the] administration of the fullness of the times, to bring together all things in Christ—the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth— VP

11 in Him, in whom also we obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to [the] purpose of the [One] working all things according to the counsel of His will VP

12 for us to be to [the] praise of His glory, the [ones] having first hoped in Christ, VP

13 in whom you⁺ also, having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your⁺ salvation, in whom also having believed, you⁺ were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, VP

14 who is [the] pledge of our inheritance to [the] redemption of the acquired possession, to [the] praise of His glory. VP

15 Because of this, I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus among you⁺ and the love to all the saints, VP

16 do not cease giving thanks for you⁺, making remembrance in my prayers, VP

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you⁺ a spirit of wisdom and revelation in [the] knowledge of Him, VP

18 the eyes your⁺ of heart being enlightened for you⁺ to know what is the hope of His calling, what [are] the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, VP

19 and what [is] the surpassing greatness of His power to us, those believing, according to the working of the power of His strength, VP

20 which He worked in Christ, having raised Him out from [the] dead, and having seated [Him] at His right hand in the heavenly realms, VP

21 far above every principality and authority and power and lordship and every name being named, not only in this age, but also in the [one] about to be. VP

22 And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him [to be] head over all things to the church, VP

23 which is His body, the fullness of the [One] filling all in all. VP

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