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Ephesians 1:1-23 (GN)

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¹ From Paul, who by God's will is an apostle of Christ Jesus--- To God's people in Ephesus, who are faithful in their life in union with Christ Jesus: ² May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. ³ Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! For in our union with Christ he has blessed us by giving us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world. ⁴ Even before the world was made, God had already chosen us to be his through our union with Christ, so that we would be holy and without fault before him. Because of his love ⁵ God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his children---this was his pleasure and purpose. ⁶ Let us praise God for his glorious grace, for the free gift he gave us in his dear Son! ⁷ For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God, ⁸ which he gave to us in such large measure! In all his wisdom and insight ⁹ God did what he had purposed, and made known to us the secret plan he had already decided to complete by means of Christ. ¹⁰ This plan, which God will complete when the time is right, is to bring all creation together, everything in heaven and on earth, with Christ as head. ¹¹ All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning. ¹² Let us, then, who were the first to hope in Christ, praise God's glory! ¹³ And you also became God's people when you heard the true message, the Good News that brought you salvation. You believed in Christ, and God put his stamp of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had promised. ¹⁴ The Spirit is the guarantee that we shall receive what God has promised his people, and this assures us that God will give complete freedom to those who are his. Let us praise his glory! ¹⁵ For this reason, ever since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God's people, ¹⁶ I have not stopped giving thanks to God for you. I remember you in my prayers ¹⁷ and ask the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, to give you the Spirit, who will make you wise and reveal God to you, so that you will know him. ¹⁸ I ask that your minds may be opened to see his light, so that you will know what is the hope to which he has called you, how rich are the wonderful blessings he promises his people, ¹⁹ and how very great is his power at work in us who believe. This power working in us is the same as the mighty strength ²⁰ which he used when he raised Christ from death and seated him at his right side in the heavenly world. ²¹ Christ rules there above all heavenly rulers, authorities, powers, and lords; he has a title superior to all titles of authority in this world and in the next. ²² God put all things under Christ's feet and gave him to the church as supreme Lord over all things. ²³ The church is Christ's body, the completion of him who himself completes all things everywhere.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 18) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Know the hope in his incomparably great power for us who believe
(v. 19) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Know the hope in his incomparably great power for us who believe

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 19) Where is Christ now? He is now seated at his right hand

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 3) Blessings In Christ (part VIII) (2012-03-12)
(v. 3) Baptism into Christ (part II) (2010-12-30)
(v. 4) Holy Matrimony (2013-11-30)
(v. 4) Baptism into Christ (part II) (2010-12-30)
(v. 5) Baptism into Christ (part II) (2010-12-30)
(v. 5) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 6) Baptism into Christ (part II) (2010-12-30)
(v. 6) Blessings In Christ (part III) (2012-03-07)
(v. 7) Baptism into Christ (part II) (2010-12-30)
(v. 7) Why We Need Jesus - He Reconciles Us to God (2009-04-25)
(v. 7) 30 Days at the Cross - It Keeps on Cleansing (2008-07-23)
(v. 7) God Is (part II) (2011-03-21)
(v. 8) Baptism into Christ (part II) (2010-12-30)
(v. 9) Baptism into Christ (part II) (2010-12-30)
(v. 10) Baptism into Christ (part II) (2010-12-30)
(v. 11) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 11) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 11) Purpose Driven Life - It All Starts with God (2008-05-22)
(v. 11) You are what you eat (2010-09-13)
(v. 12) You are what you eat (2010-09-13)
(v. 13) Holy Spirit (part II) (2011-01-05)
(v. 13) You are what you eat (2010-09-13)
(v. 13) Getting Started (part I) (2011-11-19)
(v. 14) Getting Started (part I) (2011-11-19)
(v. 14) You are what you eat (2010-09-13)
(v. 14) Holy Spirit (part II) (2011-01-05)
(v. 17) Falling in Love with God - Holy Spirit with us (2008-04-15)
(v. 18) Waking Dead - The Heart's Eyes (2010-08-09)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 4) Sermon: With God (2013-07-28)
(v. 5) Sermon: With God (2013-07-28)
(v. 13) Bible Talk: Holy Spirt (part 2) (2015-07-26)
(v. 15) Sermon: 7 Qualities of God (2000-01-01)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer