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    Ephesians · 23 verses

    Ephesians 1

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    The heart is given eyes, and Paul asks that they be enlightened: a most curious arrangement for an organ usually occupied with other business.

    Chosen, redeemed, and sealedvv. 1–14

    Paul opens by naming himself an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, then addresses the saints in Ephesus and the faithful in Christ Jesus. The blessing that follows gathers up an astonishing abundance: choosing before the foundation of the world, adoption, grace, redemption, forgiveness, wisdom, and a plan to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ. Those who heard and believed the word of truth were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, described as the pledge of an inheritance still awaiting redemption.

    A prayer for sightvv. 15–23

    Having heard of their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints, Paul says that he has not stopped giving thanks for them. His prayer asks God to give wisdom and revelation, and then comes the chapter’s wonderfully furnished heart: its eyes are to be enlightened, so that it may know the hope of the calling, the inheritance among the saints, and the surpassing greatness of divine power. That power raised Christ from the dead, seated Him at God’s right hand, placed everything under His feet, and made Him head over everything for the church—which is His body, and somehow also His fullness.

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    1. Eph 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

    2. Eph 1:2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    3. Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

    4. Eph 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

    5. Eph 1:5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

    6. Eph 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

    7. Eph 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

    8. Eph 1:8that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

    9. Eph 1:9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ

    10. Eph 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

    11. Eph 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

    12. Eph 1:12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

    13. Eph 1:13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

    14. Eph 1:14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

    15. Eph 1:15For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

    16. Eph 1:16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

    17. Eph 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

    18. Eph 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

    19. Eph 1:19and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

    20. Eph 1:20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

    21. Eph 1:21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

    22. Eph 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

    23. Eph 1:23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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    • 42 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
    • 4Romans 8:28–30And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
    • 17Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
    • 17James 3:17–18But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
    • 31 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
    • 132 Corinthians 1:22placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
    • 71 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
    • 18Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
    • 4Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
    • 7Romans 3:24and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
    • 4Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
    • 32 Corinthians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
    • 13Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
    • 3Ephesians 2:6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
    • 17Colossians 1:9–10For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
    • 10Colossians 1:20and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

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