aSee 2 Cor. 1:1
bSee 1 Cor. 1:1
cCol. 1:2
eSee Rom. 1:7
f2 Cor. 1:3; 1 Pet. 1:3
gSee Rom. 15:6
hver. 20; ch. 2:6; 3:10; 6:12
i[ch. 2:10; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2]
jJames 2:5; [Deut. 7:6; 26:18]
k[2 Tim. 1:9]; See Matt. 13:35
lch. 5:27; Col. 1:22; 1 Thess. 4:7
mver. 11; Rom. 8:29, 30
oSee Rom. 8:15
pver. 9; [Luke 2:14; Heb. 2:4]; See Luke 12:32
qver. 12, 14
r[John 3:35; 10:17; Col. 1:13]; See Matt. 3:17

Ephesians 1:1-6

Greeting

1Paul, aan apostle of Christ Jesus bby the will of God,

To the saints who are in Ephesus, and care faithful ▼
▼Some manuscripts  saints who are also faithful (omitting  in Ephesus)
 in Christ Jesus:

2 eGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

3 fBlessed be gthe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing hin the heavenly places, 4 ieven as he jchose us in him kbefore the foundation of the world, that we should be lholy and blameless before him. In love 5 mhe predestined us ▼
▼Or  before him in love, having predestined us
 for oadoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, paccording to the purpose of his will, 6 qto the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in rthe Beloved.
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