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Paul, ^(C1)an apostle of ^(C2)Christ Jesus ^(F1)(C3)by the will of God, To the ^(F2)(C4)saints who are ^(F3)at ^(C5)Ephesus and ^(C6)are faithful in ^(C2)Christ Jesus:

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^(C1)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

^(C1)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in ^(C2)the heavenly places in Christ,

just as ^(C1)He chose us in Him before ^(C2)the foundation of the world, that we would be ^(C3)holy and blameless before ^(F1)Him. ^(C4)In love

^(F1)He ^(C1)predestined us to ^(C2)adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, ^(C3)according to the good pleasure of His will,

^(C1)to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in ^(C2)the Beloved.

^(C1)In ^(F1)Him we have ^(C2)redemption ^(C3)through His blood, the ^(C4)forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to ^(C5)the riches of His grace

which He ^(F1)lavished on ^(F2)us. In all wisdom and insight

He ^(F1)(C1)made known to us the mystery of His will, ^(C2)according to His good pleasure which He ^(C3)set forth in Him,

regarding His plan of ^(C1)the fullness of the times, ^(C2)to bring all things together in Christ, things ^(F1)in the heavens and things on the earth.

^(F1)In Him we also ^(C1)have obtained an inheritance, having been ^(C2)predestined ^(C3)according to the purpose of Him who works all things ^(C4)in accordance with the plan of His will,

to the end that ^(F1)we who were the first to hope in the ^(F2)Christ would be ^(C1)to the praise of His glory.

In ^(F1)Him, ^(F2)you also, after listening to ^(C1)the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also ^(F3)believed, you were ^(C2)sealed in ^(F1)Him with ^(C3)the Holy Spirit of the promise,

who is a ^(C1)first installment of ^(C2)our inheritance, in regard to the ^(C3)redemption of ^(C4)God's own possession, ^(C5)to the praise of His glory.