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Ephesians 1:1-6

1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith 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 to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens 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 Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil 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 As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

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, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

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