Ephesians 1:1-14

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will:To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus.[a]2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.God’s Rich Blessings3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens. 4 For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight.[b] In love[c] 5 He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will, 6 to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved.
7 We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace 8 that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him 10 for the administration[d] of the days of fulfillment[e]—to bring everything together in the Messiah, both things in heaven and things on earth in Him.
11 We have also received an inheritance[f] in Him, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will, 12 so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.
¹³ When you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed in Him, you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. ¹⁴ He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession,^[g] to the praise of His glory.

The Theme: God’s eternal purpose to establish and complete His body, the church of Christ.  Listen for continuing words like: in Him, in Christ, His glory, His body, through Him, His Spirit, and just as Christ.
Paul visited Ephesus on his first missionary journey, then stayed there for about 3 years on his second missionary journey.  Timothy and the Apostle John were in charge of the church in Ephesus after Paul left. 

What does it mean to be a Saint?What are our blessing?What does adopted mean?what does predestined mean?He sealed us with a promise... what does that mean?