Ephesians 1
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Ephesians 1:3-5

31BlessedG2128 be the GodG2316 and FatherG3962 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547, who has blessedG2127 us with everyG3956 spiritualG4152 blessingG2129 in 2the heavenlyG2032 places in ChristG5547,

4justG2531 asG2531 3He choseG1586 us in Him beforeG4253 4the foundationG2602 of the worldG2889, that we would be 5holyG40 and blamelessG299 beforeG2714 6Him. 7In loveG26

58He 9predestinedG4309 us to 10adoptionG5206 asG5206 sonsG5206 and daughters throughG1223 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 to HimselfG846, 11accordingG2596 to the goodG2107 pleasureG2107 of His willG2307,

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 1:3 2 Cor 1:3 ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 1:3 Eph 1:20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 2:10; 2 Thess 2:13f ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 1:4 Matt 25:34 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 5:27; Col 1:22 ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 1:4 Or Him, in love. He ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 4:2, 15, 16; 5:2 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 1:5 Lit having predestined ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 1:5 Acts 13:48; Rom 8:29f ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 1:5 Rom 8:14ff ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 1:5 Phil 2:13; Col 1:19 ↩

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