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1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
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2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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3. Blessed {cf15i be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly {cf15i places} in Christ:
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4. even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
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5. having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
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6. to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
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7. in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
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8. which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
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9. having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
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10. unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, {cf15i I say},
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11. in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
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12. to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
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13. in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,��in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
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14. which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of {cf15i God�s} own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
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15. For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which {cf15i ye shew} toward all the saints,
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16. cease not to give thanks for you, making mention {cf15i of you} in my prayers;
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17. that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
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18. having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
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19. and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us�ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
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20. which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly {cf15i places},
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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:
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22. and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
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23. which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
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