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The next file is: EPHESIANS
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 ye are called
 in one hope of your calling;
4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
4:6 One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through
 all, and in you all.
4:7 But to every one of us is given grace according to the
 measure of the gift of Christ.
4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led
 captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.
4:9 Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended
 first into the lower parts of the earth?
4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended far above
 all heavens, that he might fill all things.
4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
 evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the
 ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
 knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure
 of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro,
 and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight
 of men, [and] cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to
 deceive:
4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all
 things, who is the head, [even] Christ:
4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and
 compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the
 effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase
 of the body to the edifying of itself in love.
4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye
 henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of
 their mind,
4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the
 life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of
 the blindness of their heart:
4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over to
 lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
4:21 If indeed ye have heard him, and have been taught by him,
 as the truth is in Jesus:
4:22 That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the
 old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts:
4:23 And be renewed in the Spirit of your mind;
4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created
 in righteousness and true holiness.
4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with
 his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
 wrath:
4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor,
 working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may
 have to give to him that needeth.
4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but
 that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister
 grace to the hearers.
4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are
 sealed to the day of redemption.
4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and
 evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving
 one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
 given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a
 sweet-smelling savor.
5:3 But lewdness and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not
 be once named among you, as becometh saints;
5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which
 are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5:5 For this ye know, that no lewd, nor unclean person, nor
 covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the
 kingdom of Christ and of God.
5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
 things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of
 disobedience.
5:7 Be ye not therefore partakers with them.
5:8 For ye were sometime darkness, but now [are ye] light in the
 Lord: walk as children of light;
5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, and
 righteousness, and truth;)
5:10 Proving what is acceptable to the Lord.
5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
 darkness, but rather reprove [them].
5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are
 done by them in secret.
5:13 But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the
 light: for whatever doth make manifest is light.
5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise
 from the dead, and Christ will give thee light.
5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as
 wise,
5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will
 of the Lord [is].
5:18 And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be
 filled with the Spirit;
5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual
 songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
5:20 Giving thanks always for all things to God and the Father,
 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
5:22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the
 Lord.
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is
 the head of the church: and he is the Savior of the body.
5:24 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so [let]
 wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the
 church, and gave himself for it;
5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of
 water by the word,
5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not
 having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should
 be holy and without blemish.
5:28 So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies. He
 that loveth his wife, loveth himself.
5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
 cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his
 bones.
5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and
 shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and
 the church.
5:33 Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love
 his wife even as himself: and the wife [see] that she reverence
 [her] husband.
6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
6:2 Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment
 with promise)
6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on
 the earth.
6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but
 bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters
 according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness
 of your heart, as to Christ;
6:6 Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants
 of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
6:7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to
 men:
6:8 Knowing that whatever good thing any man doeth, the same
 will he receive from the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.
6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing
 threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven;
 neither is there respect of persons with him.
6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the
 power of his might.
6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand
 against the wiles of the devil.
6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
 principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
 darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
 [places].
6:13 Wherefore take to you the whole armor of God, that ye may
 be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to
 stand.
6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,
 and having on the breast-plate of righteousness;
6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of
 peace;
6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which ye will
 be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the wicked.
6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
 Spirit, which is the word of God:
6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the
 Spirit, and watching for this purpose with all perseverance and
 supplication for all saints;
6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may
 open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
6:20 For which I am an embassador in bonds: that therein I may
 speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, [and] how I do,
 Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord,
 will make known to you all things:
6:22 Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that ye may
 know our affairs, and [that] he may comfort your hearts.
6:23 Peace [be] to the brethren, and love with faith from God
 the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
6:24 Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in
 sincerity. Amen.