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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by God's will. To: His holy and faithful people in Ephesus who are in union with the Messiah Jesus. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4just as he chose us in the Messiah before the creation of the universe to be holy and blameless in his presence. In love |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5he predestined us for adoption to himself through Jesus the Messiah, according to the pleasure of his will, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7In union with him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of God's grace |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8that he lavished on us, along with all wisdom and understanding, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9when he made known to us the secret of his will. This was according to his plan that he set forth in the Messiah |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10to usher in the fullness of the times and to bring together in the Messiah all things in heaven and on earth. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11In the Messiah we were also chosen when we were predestined according to the purpose of the one who does everything that he wills to do, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12so that we who had already fixed our hope on the Messiah might live for his praise and glory. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13You, too, have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed in the Messiah, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14who is the guarantee of our inheritance until God redeems his own possession for his praise and glory. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Therefore, because I have heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I never stop giving thanks for you as I mention you in my prayers. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, the most glorious Father, would give you a wise spirit, along with revelation that comes through knowing the Messiah fully. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Then, with the eyes of your hearts enlightened, you will know the confidence that is produced by God having called you, the rich glory that is his inheritance among the saints, |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19and the unlimited greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength, |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20which he brought about in the Messiah when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realm. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21He is far above every ruler, authority, power, dominion, and every name that can be named, not only in the present age, but also in the one to come. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22God has put everything under the Messiah's feet and has made him the head of everything for the good of the church, |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills everything in every way. |
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