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Pastor Scott Brenner Ephesians 1:1-12
[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:
[1:2] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[1:3] 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,
[1:4] 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,
[1:5] having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
[1:6] to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
[1:7] In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
[1:8] which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
[1:9] having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
[1:10] 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.
[1:11] 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,
[1:12] that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.