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For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
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In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
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In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
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And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
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I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
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he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
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And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
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which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
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But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
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For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
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by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,
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For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
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Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
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In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
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And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
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Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
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that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
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This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.
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I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power.
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Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ,
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In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
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and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
