Book 49 Ephesians
001:001 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's
people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.
001:002 May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
001:003 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has crowned us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly
realms in Christ;
001:004 even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before
the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without
blemish in His presence.
001:005 For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through
Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--
001:006 to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has
enriched us in the beloved One.
001:007 It is in Him, and through the shedding of His blood, that we
have our deliverance--the forgiveness of our offences--
so abundant was God's grace,
001:008 the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding,
lavished upon us,
001:009 when He made known to us the secret of His will.
And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose
001:010 for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it--
the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring
the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in
Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him.
001:011 In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen
beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose
might carries out in everything the design of His own will,
001:012 so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His