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Today's Bible Reading :: Ephesians 1 - 3 (KJV)

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Ephesians 1

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:2 - Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:3 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - According as he hath chosen 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 predestinated us unto the adoption of children 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, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:7 - In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:8 - Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:10 - That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:11 - In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:12 - That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:13 - In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:14 - Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:15 - Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:16 - Cease not 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 unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:18 - The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what 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 to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:20 - Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own 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 world, but also in that which is to come:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:22 - And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:23 - Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Ephesians 2

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:1 - And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:2 - Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:4 - But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:5 - Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:6 - And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:7 - That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:8 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:9 - Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:10 - For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11 - Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:12 - That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:13 - But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:14 - For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:16 - And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:17 - And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:18 - For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:19 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:20 - And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:21 - In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:22 - In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Ephesians 3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:1 - For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:2 - If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:3 - How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:4 - Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:5 - Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:6 - That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:7 - Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:8 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:9 - And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:10 - To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:11 - According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:12 - In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:13 - Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:14 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:15 - Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:16 - That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:17 - That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:18 - May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:19 - And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:20 - Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:21 - Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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