Ephesians:1:3-14

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* Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , who has blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ . * Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish in his sight . * For in his love he predestined us (such was the good pleasure of his will ) to adoption for himself as sons through Jesus Christ , * and to the praise of his glorious grace which he graciously bestowed upon us in the Beloved . * It is in him we have deliverance , the forgiveness of our trespasses , through his blood ; * so abundantly did he lavish upon us the riches of his grace in all wisdom and understanding , * when he made known to us , I say , that good pleasure which he purposed in himself * for the government of the fulness of the ages , that all things in heaven and earth are alike should be gathered up in Christ , as Head . * It is he in whom we Jews also have our inheritance , having been chosen beforehand according to the purpose of Him who executes all things according to the counsel of his will , * that we who first hoped in Christ should be for the praise of his glory . * And in him , because you listened to the proclamation of the truth , the evangel of your salvation , and trusted it , you Gentiles too were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit , * who for the praise of his glory is the pledge of our common heritage , unto the complete redemption of his purchased property .

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