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Greeting

¹ Paul, ^(a)an apostle of Christ Jesus ^(b)by the will of God,

To the saints who are in Ephesus, and ^(c)are faithful^[a] in Christ Jesus:

^2 (d)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

^3 (e)Blessed be ^(f)the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing ^(g)in the heavenly places, ^4 (h)even as he ⁽ⁱ⁾chose us in him ^(j)before the foundation of the world, that we should be ^(k)holy and blameless before him. In love ^5 (l)he predestined us^[b] for ^(m)adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, ⁽ⁿ⁾according to the purpose of his will, ^6 (o)to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in ^(p)the Beloved. ^7 (q)In him we have ^(r)redemption ^(s)through his blood, ^(t)the forgiveness of our trespasses, ^(u)according to the riches of his grace, ⁸ which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight ^9 (v)making known^[c] to us the mystery of his will, ^(w)according to his purpose, which he ^(x)set forth in Christ ¹⁰ as a plan for ^(y)the fullness of time, ^(z)to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

¹¹ In him we have obtained ^(aa)an inheritance, ^(ab)having been predestined ^(ac)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to ^(ad)the counsel of his will, ¹² so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be ^(ae)to the praise of his glory. ¹³ In him you also, when you heard ^(af)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, ^(ag)were sealed with the ^(ah)promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴ who is ^(ai)the guarantee^[d] of our ^(aj)inheritance until ^(ak)we acquire ^(al)possession of it,^{[e] (am)}to the praise of his glory.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

¹⁵ For this reason, ^(an)because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love^[f] toward all the saints, ¹⁶ I ^(ao)do not cease to give thanks for you, ^(ap)remembering you in my prayers, ¹⁷ that ^(aq)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ^(ar)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, ^18 (as)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is ^(at)the hope to which he has called you, what are ^(au)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, ^(av)according to the working of ^(aw)his great might ²⁰ that he worked in Christ ^(ax)when he raised him from the dead and ^(ay)seated him at his right hand ^(az)in the heavenly places, ^21 (ba)far above ^(bb)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above ^(bc)every name that is named, not only in ^(bd)this age but also in the one to come. ²² And ^(be)he put all things under his feet and gave him as ^(bf)head over all things to the church, ^23 (bg)which is his body, ^(bh)the fullness of him ^(bi)who fills ^(bj)all in all.