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title: Ephesians 1
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createdAt: 2024-09-15T02:03:49.916Z
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**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: **2 **Grace *be* to you, and peace, from God our Father, and *from* the Lord Jesus Christ.

**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: **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: **5 **Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, **6 **To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. **7 **In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; **8 **Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; **9 **Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: **10 **That in the dispensation of the fulness 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: **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: **12 **That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. **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, **14 **Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

**15 **Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto 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 the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: **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, **19 **And what *is* the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, **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*, **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: **22 **And hath put all *things* under his feet, and gave him *to be* the head over all *things* to the church, **23 **Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.