Living_Oracles(i)
1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to the saints that are in Ephesus, even the believers in Christ Jesus:
2 Favor to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
4 according as he has elected us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and unblameable in his sight; in love,
5 having formerly marked us out for adoption through Jesus Christ, to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 to the praise of the glory of his favor, with which he has highly favored us in the Beloved;
7 in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his favor,
8 which has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 having made known to us the secret of his will according to his benevolent purpose, which he had purposed in himself,
10 for the administration of the fullness of the appointed times, to gather together all under Christ-all in the heavens, and all on the earth-under him:
11 under whom even we have inherited, having been formerly marked out according to the purpose of him who effectually works all things according to the counsel of his will,
12 that we should be to the praise of his glory, who before trusted in Christ.