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

Ephesians 1:1-6

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1 Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, to the saints and faithful in Christ Jesus who are at Ephesus.
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 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies 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 has chosen us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless 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 marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, 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, wherein he has taken us into favour 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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