Greeting

¹Paul, aan apostle of Christ Jesus bby the will of God,

To the saints who are in Ephesus, and care faithful1 in Christ Jesus:

²dGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

³eBlessed be fthe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing gin the heavenly places, ⁴heven as he ichose us in him jbefore the foundation of the world, that we should be kholy and blameless before him. In love ⁵lhe predestined us2 for madoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, naccording to the purpose of his will, ⁶oto the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in pthe Beloved. ⁷qIn him we have rredemption sthrough his blood, tthe forgiveness of our trespasses, uaccording to the riches of his grace, ⁸which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight ⁹vmaking known3 to us the mystery of his will, naccording to his purpose, which he wset forth in Christ ¹⁰as a plan for xthe fullness of time, yto unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

¹¹In him we have obtained zan inheritance, ahaving been predestined baccording to the purpose of him who works all things according to cthe counsel of his will, ¹²so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be dto the praise of his glory. ¹³In him you also, when you heard ethe word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, fwere sealed with the gpromised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴who is hthe guarantee4 of our iinheritance until jwe acquire kpossession of it,5 lto the praise of his glory.

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