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Spiritual Blessings in Christ

¹ Paul, ^(C1)an apostle of ^(C2)Christ Jesus ^(F1)(C3)by the will of God, To the ^(F2)(C4)saints who are ^(F3)at ^(C5)Ephesus and ^(C6)who are faithful in ^(C2)Christ Jesus:^2 (C1)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

^3 (C1)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in ^(C2)the heavenly places in Christ,⁴ just as ^(C1)He chose us in Him before ^(C2)the foundation of the world, that we would be ^(C3)holy and blameless before ^(F1)Him ^(C4)in love,⁵ by ^(C1)predestining us to ^(C2)adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, ^(C3)according to the good pleasure of His will,^6 (C1)to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in ^(C2)the Beloved.^7 (C1)In ^(F1)Him we have ^(C2)redemption ^(C3)through His blood, the ^(C4)forgiveness of our transgressions, according to ^(C5)the riches of His grace⁸ which He caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight,^9 (C1)making known to us the mystery of His will, ^(C2)according to His good pleasure which He ^(C3)purposed in Him¹⁰ for an administration of ^(C1)the fullness of the times, that is, ^(C2)the summing up of all things in Christ, things ^(F1)in the heavens and things on the earth in Him.¹¹ In ^(F1)Him, we also ^(F2)(C1)have been made an inheritance, having been ^(C2)predestined ^(C3)according to the purpose of Him who works all things ^(C4)according to the counsel of His will,¹² to the end that we who first have hoped in ^(F1)Christ would be ^(C1)to the praise of His glory.¹³ In ^(F1)Him, you also, after listening to ^(C1)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also ^(F2)believed, you were ^(C2)sealed in ^(F1)Him with ^(C3)the Holy Spirit of promise,¹⁴ who is ^(F1)(C1)given as a pledge of ^(C2)our inheritance, unto the ^(C3)redemption of ^(C4)God's own possession, ^(C5)to the praise of His glory.

¹⁵ For this reason I too, ^(C1)having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and ^(F1)your love for ^(C2)all the ^(F2)saints,^16 (C1)do not cease giving thanks for you, ^(C2)while making mention of you in my prayers:¹⁷ that the ^(C1)God of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(C2)the Father of glory, may give to you the ^(F1)Spirit of ^(C3)wisdom and of ^(C4)revelation in the ^(F2)full knowledge of Him,¹⁸ so that you—^(C1)the eyes of your heart having been enlightened—will know what is the ^(C2)hope of His ^(C3)calling, what are ^(C4)the riches of the glory of ^(C5)His inheritance in ^(C6)the ^(F1)saints,¹⁹ and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe ^(C1)according to the working of the ^(C2)might of His strength,²⁰ which He worked in Christ, by ^(C1)raising Him from the dead and ^(C2)seating Him at His right hand in ^(C3)the heavenly places,²¹ far above ^(C1)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every ^(C2)name that is named, not only in ^(C3)this age but also in the one to come.²² And ^(C1)HE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET, and gave Him as ^(C2)head over all things to the church,²³ which is His ^(C1)body, the ^(C2)fullness of Him who ^(C3)fills ^(C4)all in all.