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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:
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Grace [be] to you, and peace from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:
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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:
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Having predestinated us to the adoption of children to himself by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,