(Acts 19:8–12; Revelation 2:1–7)
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.
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Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Blessings
(Romans 8:28–34)
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ:
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As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.
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Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:
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Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us in his beloved son.
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In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
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Which hath superabounded in us in all wisdom and prudence,
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That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him,
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In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth, in him.
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In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will.
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That we may be unto the praise of his glory, we who before hoped Christ:
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In whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth, (the gospel of your salvation;) in whom also believing, you were signed with the holy Spirit of promise,
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Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of acquisition, unto the praise of his glory.
Spiritual Wisdom
(1 Corinthians 2:6–16)
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Wherefore I also, hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love towards all the saints,
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Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers,
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That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge of him:
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The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.
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And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who believe according to the operation of the might of his power,
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Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead, and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places.
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Above all principality, and power, and virtue, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.
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And he hath subjected all things under his feet, and hath made him head over all the church,
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Which is his body, and the fulness of him who is filled all in all.