Ephesians 1:3-14

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

3 aBlessed be bthe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing cin the heavenly places, 4 deven as he echose us in him fbefore the foundation of the world, that we should be gholy and blameless before him. In love 5 hhe predestined us
Or  before him in love, having predestined us
for jadoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, kaccording to the purpose of his will,
6 lto the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in mthe Beloved. 7 nIn him we have oredemption pthrough his blood, qthe forgiveness of our trespasses, raccording to the riches of his grace, 8which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 smaking known
Or  he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known . . .
to us the mystery of his will, uaccording to his purpose, which he vset forth in Christ
10as a plan for wthe fullness of time, xto unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

11In him we have obtained yan inheritance, zhaving been predestined aaaccording to the purpose of him who works all things according to abthe counsel of his will, 12so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be acto the praise of his glory. 13In him you also, when you heard adthe word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, aewere sealed with the afpromised Holy Spirit, 14who is agthe guarantee
Or down payment
of our aiinheritance until ajwe acquire akpossession of it,
Or  until God redeems his possession
amto the praise of his glory.

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