| 1:1: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: |
| 1:2: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 1:3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; |
| 1:4: even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love; |
| 1:5: having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, |
| 1:6: to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved, |
| 1:7: in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, |
| 1:8: which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, |
| 1:9: making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him |
| 1:10: to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him; |
| 1:11: in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will; |
| 1:12: to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: |
| 1:13: in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, |
| 1:14: who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory. |
| 1:15: For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints, |
| 1:16: don't cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, |
| 1:17: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; |
| 1:18: having the eyes of your hearts{TR reads "understanding" instead of "hearts"} enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, |
| 1:19: and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might |
| 1:20: which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, |
| 1:21: far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. |
| 1:22: He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly, |
| 1:23: which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. |
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