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1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the
 saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
1:2 Grace [be] to you, and peace from God our Father, and [from]
 the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
 who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly
 [places] in Christ:
1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation
 of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before
 him in love:
1:5 Having predestinated us to the adoption of children to
 himself by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his
 will,
1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath
 made us accepted in the beloved:
1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the
 forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
1:8 In which he hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and
 prudence;
1:9 Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according
 to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
1:10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might
 collect in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven,
 and which are on earth; [even] in him:
1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being
 predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all
 things after the counsel of his own will:
1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first
 trusted in Christ.
1:13 In whom ye also [trusted], after ye heard the word of
 truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after ye
 believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the
 redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his
 glory.
1:15 Wherefore I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord
 Jesus, and love to all the saints,
1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in
 my prayers;
1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
 may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
 knowledge of him:
1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye
 may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches
 of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
1:19 And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power toward
 us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the
 dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly
 [places],
1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and
 dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world,
 but also in that which is to come:
1:22 And put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be]
 the head over all [things] to the church,
1:23 Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in
 all.
2:1 And you [hath he revived], who were dead in trespasses and
 sins;
2:2 In which in time past ye walked according to the course of
 this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,
 the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
2:3 Among whom also we all had our manner of life in times past
 in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh
 and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even
 as others.
2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which
 he loved us,
2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive together
 with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
2:6 And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together
 in heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus:
2:7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches
 of his grace in [his] kindness towards us, through Christ
 Jesus.
2:8 For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of
 yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
2:9 Not by works, lest any man should boast.
2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good
 works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in
 them.
2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles
 in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is
 called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from
 the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of
 promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
2:13 But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who formerly were far off,
 are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath
 broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];
2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of
 commandments [contained] in ordinances: to make in himself of
 two one new man, [so] making peace;
2:16 And that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the
 cross, having by it slain the enmity:
2:17 And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and
 to them that were nigh.
2:18 For through him we both have an access by one Spirit to the
 Father.
2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
 fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and
 prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-[stone];
2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth to
 a holy temple in the Lord:
2:22 In whom ye also are built together, for a habitation of God
 through the Spirit.
3:1 For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you
 Gentiles,
3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God
 which is given me on your account.
3:3 That by revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I
 wrote before in few words;
3:4 By which when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the
 mystery of Christ,
3:5 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men,
 as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the
 Spirit;
3:6 That the Gentiles should be joint-heirs, and of the same
 body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel:
3:7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the
 grace of God given to me by the effectual working of his power.
3:8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this
 grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the
 unsearchable riches of Christ;
3:9 And to make all [men] see what is the fellowship of the
 mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in
 God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
3:10 To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in
 heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold
 wisdom of God,
3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in
 Christ Jesus our Lord:
3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the
 faith of him,
3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for
 you, which is your glory.
3:14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord
 Jesus Christ,
3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
3:16 That he would grant you according to the riches of his
 glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner
 man;
3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye,
 being rooted and grounded in love,
3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the
 breadth, and length, and depth, and highth.
3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
 that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God.
3:20 Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above
 all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh
 in us.
3:21 To him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout
 all ages, world without end. Amen.
4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye
 walk worthy of the vocation by which ye are called,
4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering,
 forbearing one another in love;
4:3 Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
 peace.
4:4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as y