Ephesians 1:3–13 · BSB
1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
1:4
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
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1:5
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
1:6
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
1:8
that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
1:9
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
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as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
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In 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,
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in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
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And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
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