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Let the one who is taught the word share all his good things with the teacher.

because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ

In him we have also received an inheritance, because we were predestined according to the plan of the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of his will,

so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory.

The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength.

He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens—

And he subjected everything under his feet and appointed him as head over everything for the church,

which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,

so that in the coming ages he might display the immeasurable riches of his grace through his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.

For he is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In his flesh,

This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:

I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of his power.