Ephesians 1:3-6

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Spiritual Blessings in Christ

³^(A)Blessed be ^(B)the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing ^(C)in the heavenly places, ⁴^(D)even as he ^(E)chose us in him ^(F)before the foundation of the world, that we should be ^(G)holy and blameless before him. In love ⁵^(H)he predestined us^[a] for ^(I)adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, ^(J)according to the purpose of his will, ⁶^(K)to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in ^(L)the Beloved.

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Ephesians 1:5 Or before him in love, ⁵having predestined us

Ephesians 1:15-18

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Thanksgiving and Prayer

¹⁵For this reason, ^(A)because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love^[a] toward all the saints, ¹⁶I ^(B)do not cease to give thanks for you, ^(C)remembering you in my prayers, ¹⁷that ^(D)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ^(E)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, ¹⁸^(F)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is ^(G)the hope to which he has called you, what are ^(H)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,