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Ephesians 1:1-6

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and 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 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 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 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish 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 predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

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, by which he freely bestowed favor on us 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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