Redemption in Christ

^3 (A)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,

¹⁵ and saying, “Men, ^(A)why are you doing these things? ^(B)We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from ^(C)these useless things ^(D)to the living God, ^(E)who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, ^16 (F)who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways. ^17 (G)Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, ^(H)gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with ^(I)food and gladness.”

²⁵ Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He ^(A)gives to all life, breath, and all things.

²⁸ for ^(A)in Him we live and move and have our being, ^(B)as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’