Ephesians 1
Paul greets the saints in Ephesus and expresses gratitude for their faith, stating that God has blessed them with every spiritual blessing in Christ. He explains that God chose them before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless, predestining them for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ. In Christ, believers have redemption through his blood and are sealed with the Holy Spirit, who is the pledge of their inheritance. Paul prays that the Ephesians may have a spirit of wisdom and revelation, knowing the hope of God's calling and the wealth of his glory.
1Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus2Grace and peace to you from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, in Christ4just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy and immaculate in his sight, in charity5He has predestined us to adoption as sons, through Jesus Christ, in himself, according to the purpose of his will6for the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has gifted us in his beloved Son7In him, we have redemption through his blood: the remission of sins in accord with the riches of his grace8which is superabundant in us, with all wisdom and prudence9So does he make known to us the mystery of his will, which he has set forth in Christ, in a manner well-pleasing to him,10in the dispensation of the fullness of time, so as to renew in Christ everything that exists through him in heaven and on earth11In him, we too are called to our portion, having been predestined in accord with the plan of the One who accomplishes all things by the counsel of his will12So may we be, to the praise of his glory, we who have hoped beforehand in Christ13In him, you also, after you heard and believed the Word of truth, which is the Gospel of your salvation, were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the Promise14He is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the acquisition of redemption, to the praise of his glory15Because of this, and hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love toward all the saints16I have not ceased giving thanks for you, calling you to mind in my prayers17so that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give a spirit of wisdom and of revelation to you, in knowledge of him18May the eyes of your heart be illuminated, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and the wealth of the glory of his inheritance with the saints19and the preeminent magnitude of his virtue toward us, toward we who believe in accord with the work of his powerful virtue20which he wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead and establishing him at his right hand in the heavens21above every principality and power and virtue and dominion, and above every name that is given, not only in this age, but even in the future age22And he has subjected all things under his feet, and he has made him the head over the entire Church23which is his body and which is the fullness of him who accomplishes everything in everyone
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