Ephesians 1Previous Chapter | Next ChapterThe Blessings of Redemption1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus Lit throughby the will of God,2To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus:Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,4just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Or Him, in loveHim. In love5Lit having predestinedHe predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the Lit good pleasurekind intention of His will,6to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.7In Lit whomHim we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace8which He Lit made abundant towardlavished on Or us, in all wisdom and insightus. In all wisdom and insight9He Lit making knownmade known to us the mystery of His will, according to His Lit good pleasurekind intention which He purposed in Him10with a view to an administration Lit ofsuitable to the fullness of the times, that is,the summing up of all things in Christ, things Lit uponin the heavens and things on the earth. In Him11Lit in whom alsoalso we Or were made a heritagehave obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,12to the end that we who were the first to hope in I.e. the Messiah Christ would be to the praise of His glory.13In Lit whomHim, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also Or believed in Him, you were sealedbelieved, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,14who is Or a down paymentgiven as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory.15For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and Three early mss do not contain your loveyour love for all the V 1, note 2 saints,16do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the Or true knowledgeknowledge of Him.18I pray thatthe eyes of your heart Lit beingmay be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the Or holy onessaints,19and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might20which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,21far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.22And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
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