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Ephesians 1 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Greeting
Redemption in Christ

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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:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:2 - Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Redemption in Christ

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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,

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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,

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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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:6 - to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:7 - In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:8 - which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

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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,

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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.

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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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:12 - that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

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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,

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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

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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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:16 - do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:

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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,

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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,

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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

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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,

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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.

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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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:23 - which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
NU-Text and M-Text omit both.
NU-Text reads which.
NU-Text and M-Text read hearts.
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Ephesians Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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