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Ephesians 1 (AMP)

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¹ PAUL, AN apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), by the divine will (the purpose and the choice of God) to the saints (the consecrated, set-apart ones) at Ephesus who are also faithful and loyal and steadfast in Christ Jesus: ² May grace (God's unmerited favor) and spiritual peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm! ⁴ Even as He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. ⁵ For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will -- ⁶ to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. ⁷ In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor, ⁸ Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence), ⁹ Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (of His plan, of His purpose). In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him, ¹⁰ for the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and head them up and consummate them in Christ, things in heaven and things on the earth. ¹¹ In Him we also were made heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will, ¹² So that we who first hoped in Christ live for the praise of His glory! ¹³ In Him you also who have heard the Word of Truth, the glad tidings (Gospel) of your salvation, and have believed in and adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit. ¹⁴ That is the guarantee of our inheritance , in anticipation of its full redemption and our acquiring possession of it--to the praise of His glory. ¹⁵ For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints (the people of God), ¹⁶ I do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers. ¹⁷ the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, ¹⁸ By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones), ¹⁹ And what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength, ²⁰ Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly , ²¹ Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named , not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come. ²² And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church , ²³ Which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all .