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Greeting
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 Blessings
3 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.
1.
We are Saints and believe in Christ Jesus; what
is the overarching spiritual blessing from the heavens?
2.
What does it mean to be adopted?
3.
What does predestined mean?
4.
We need to praise God. How can we praise Him?
5.
What does redemption mean?
6.
What is an inheritance?
7.
We are sealed with the Holy Spirit. Can the Holy Spirit leave you if you are a believer?