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          DASV: Ephesians 1    

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ
Jesus.
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.

3 Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly
places in Christ.
4 For he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love.
5 He decided ahead of time to adopt us as his sons through Jesus
Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely
granted to us in the Beloved.
7 In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness
of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
8 that he lavished on us along with all wisdom and prudence.
9 He did this when he made known to us the mystery of his will,
according to his good pleasure which he set forth in Christ,
10 as a plan for the fullness of the time, to unite all things
in Christ, everything in heaven and on earth.
11 In him also we obtained an inheritance, being chosen beforehand
according to the purpose of him who works all things according
to the counsel of his will.
12 To the end that we who had before hoped in Christ, should
live for the praise of his glory.
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of the truth, the
gospel of your salvation, also believed. You were marked with
a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
14 who is the down payment of our inheritance, until our redemption,
as God's own people, to the praise of his glory.

15 For this reason, I also, having heard of your faith in the
Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
16 do not cease to give thanks for you, praying for you continually.
17 I ask that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of him.
18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, that
you may know the hope to which he has called you, what are the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us
who believe. This working of his tremendous strength
20 which he exercised in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and
every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in
the one to come.
22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him
to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all.

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