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Ephesians 1 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Greeting
Redemption in Christ
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:2 - Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Redemption in Christ
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:3 - 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,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:5 - having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:6 - to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:7 - In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:8 - which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:10 - that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both[fn] which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:11 - In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:12 - that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:13 - In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:14 - who[fn] is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:15 - Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:16 - do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:17 - that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:18 - the eyes of your understanding[fn] being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:19 - and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:20 - which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:21 - far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:22 - And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:23 - which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
NKJV Footnotes
NU-Text and M-Text omit both.
NU-Text reads which.
NU-Text and M-Text read hearts.
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