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The Blessings of Redemption

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)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 (F1)He ^(C1)predestined us to ^(C2)adoption as sons and daughters 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, with which He favored us in ^(C2)the Beloved.^7 (C1)In ^(F1)Him we have ^(C2)redemption ^(C3)through His blood, the ^(C4)forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to ^(C5)the riches of His grace⁸ which He ^(F1)lavished on ^(F2)us. In all wisdom and insight⁹ He ^(F1)(C1)made known to us the mystery of His will, ^(C2)according to His good pleasure which He ^(C3)set forth in Him,¹⁰ regarding His plan of ^(C1)the fullness of the times, ^(C2)to bring all things together in Christ, things ^(F1)in the heavens and things on the earth.^11 (F1)In Him we also ^(C1)have obtained an inheritance, having been ^(C2)predestined ^(C3)according to the purpose of Him who works all things ^(C4)in accordance with the plan of His will,¹² to the end that ^(F1)we who were the first to hope in the ^(F2)Christ would be ^(C1)to the praise of His glory.¹³ In ^(F1)Him, ^(F2)you also, after listening to ^(C1)the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also ^(F3)believed, you were ^(C2)sealed in ^(F1)Him with ^(C3)the Holy Spirit of the promise,¹⁴ who is a ^(C1)first installment of ^(C2)our inheritance, in regard to 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 you a spirit of ^(C3)wisdom and of ^(C4)revelation in the ^(F1)knowledge of Him.¹⁸ I pray that ^(C1)the eyes of your heart ^(F1)may be enlightened, so that you 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 ^(F2)saints,¹⁹ and what is the ^(F1)boundless greatness of His power toward us who believe. ^(C1)These are in accordance with the working of the ^(C2)strength of His might²⁰ which He brought about in Christ, when He ^(C1)raised Him from the dead and ^(C2)seated 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 He ^(C1)put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him ^(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.