Parallel Bible results for "ephesians 1:1-6"

Ephesians 1:1-6

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1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace [be] to you, and peace from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
4 According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
5 Having predestinated us to the adoption of children to himself by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath made us accepted in the beloved:
6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
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