Liturgy Gospel
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Ephesians .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
Ephesians 1 : 1 - 14
Chapter 1
| 1 | Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:
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| 2 | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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| 3 | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
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| 4 | just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
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| 5 | having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
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| 6 | to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
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| 7 | In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
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| 8 | which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
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| 9 | having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
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| 10 | that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him.
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| 11 | In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
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| 12 | that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
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| 13 | In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
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| 14 | who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
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The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
