(1) Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the desire of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and who are faithful in Jesus Christ: (2) Grace to y'all and peace from our father God and from Lord Jesus Christ.
(3) Blessed, God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, having blessed y'all in Christ in all spiritual blessing in the heavens, (4) just as he chose us in himself before the foundation of the cosmos to be holy and blameless before his face in love, (5) having predestined us into adoption into himself through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, (6) into the praise of the glory of his grace, [grace] which he bestowed upon us in the One being loved, (7) in whom we have redemption by means of his blood, redemption which is the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the riches of his grace, (8) [grace] which overflowed to us in all wisdom and intelligence, (9) having made known to us the mystery of his desire, according to his good pleasure which he planned in him [Jesus Christ], (10) into the plan of the completion of proper seasons, all things to be summarized in the Christ--the things in the heavens and the things on the earth in him-- (11) in whom also we were appointed, being predestined according to the purpose of operating all things according to the counsel of his will, (12) to our being in the praise of his glory, [we] the ones having hoped before in the Christ, (13) in whom also y'all, having heard the account of truth, the good news of your salvation, in whom having believed in him also y'all were sealed with the holy spirit of the covenant, (14) which is a pledge of our inheritance into redemption of the preserving--into praise of his glory.
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