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Ephesians 1:1-10

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,\\xa0

To God\\u2019s holy people in Ephesus,\\xa0^d the faithful in Christ Jesus:\\xa0

^2\\xa0Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\\xa0

Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

^3\\xa0Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. ^4\\xa0For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love ^5\\xa0he predestined us for adoption to sonship\\xa0ⁿ through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will\\u2014^6\\xa0to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. ^7\\xa0In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God\\u2019s grace ^8\\xa0that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, ^9\\xa0he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, ^10\\xa0to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment\\u2014to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.\\xa0

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\\xa0The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Eph 1.

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