Ephesians:1

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* Paul , apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God , to the saints who are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus : * Grace [be ] to you and peace from God our Father and [from ] the Lord Jesus Christ . * Blessed [be ] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [things ] in Christ ; * according as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world , that we should be holy and without blemish before him in charity ; * having marked out beforehand [the way ] for us to be adopted as sons by Jesus Christ in himself , according to the good pleasure of his will , * to the praise of the glory of his grace , in which he has made us accepted in the beloved ; * in whom we have redemption through his blood , the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace , * which has over abounded in us in all wisdom and prudence ; * having made known unto us the mystery of his will , according to his good pleasure which he has purposed in himself , * that in the dispensation of the fulfillment of the times he might restore all things by the Christ , both those which are in heaven and those which are on earth , * in him in whom likewise we have obtained an inheritance , having had [the way ] marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will , * so that we should be to the praise of his glory , those of us who first trusted in the Christ . * In whom ye also [trusted ], hearing the word of truth , the gospel of your saving health ; in whom also after ye believed , ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of the promise , * which is the earnest of our inheritance unto the redemption of the purchased possession , unto the praise of his glory . * Therefore I also , after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and charity unto all the saints , * cease not to give thanks for you , making mention of you in my prayers ; * 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 ; * illuminating the eyes of your understanding , that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what [are ] the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints * and what [is ] the exceeding greatness of his power in us who believe , by the operation of the power of his strength , * which operated in the Christ , raising him from the dead and setting [him ] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places ], * far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named , not only in this age , but also in that which is to come , * And has put all [things ] under his feet and gave him [to be ] the head over all [things ] to the church , * which is his body , and he is the fullness of her : who fills all things in everyone .:

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