71 lines
2.9 KiB
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71 lines
2.9 KiB
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## Spiritual Blessings in Christ
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and _who are_ faithful in Christ Jesus:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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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,
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just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him in love,
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by predestining us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
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to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.
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In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our transgressions, according to the riches of His grace
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which He caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight,
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making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him
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for an administration of the fullness of the times, _that is_, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth in Him.
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In Him, we also have been made an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
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to the end that we who first have hoped in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.
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In Him, you also, after listening to the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
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who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of _God's own_ possession, to the praise of His glory.
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For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which _exists_ among you and your love for all the saints,
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do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention _of you_ in my prayers:
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that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you _the_ Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the full knowledge of Him,
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so that you--the eyes of your heart having been enlightened--will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
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and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe according to the working of the might of His strength,
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which He worked in Christ, by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavenly _places_,
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far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
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And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,
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which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
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