Paul, an apostle of Christ 1 Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: Col 1:22Co 1:11Co 1:1-2Rom 1:1Gal 1:1Rev 2:10Rom 1:71Co 4:17 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Rom 1:7Gal 1:3Tit 1:42Co 1:2
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, 1Pe 1:32Co 1:3Eph 2:6Rev 5:9-14Gen 22:18Jhn 10:29-30Eph 1:20Eph 6:12 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love, 2Ti 1:9Rom 8:28-30Eph 2:10Mat 25:341Pe 2:9Jas 2:5Jhn 15:161Pe 1:20 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, Rom 8:29-30Eph 1:11Gal 4:5-6Jhn 1:121Jn 3:1Rom 8:14-17Gal 3:26Rom 8:23 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved. Rom 3:22-26Col 1:13Eph 1:12Php 4:19Mat 3:17Eph 1:7-81Pe 2:9Eph 1:14 In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace 1Pe 2:24Rom 3:24Col 1:141Jn 1:7-91Pe 1:18-19Heb 9:22Heb 9:12-15Mat 26:28 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, Rev 5:12Col 2:3Eph 3:10Rom 5:151Co 1:19-241Co 2:7Dan 2:20-21Eph 1:11 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him Col 1:26-28Rom 16:25-27Eph 3:3-92Ti 1:9Eph 1:11Gal 1:12Rom 8:28Eph 3:11 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him. Col 1:20Php 2:9-10Gal 4:4Dan 2:44Mrk 1:15Heb 1:2Isa 2:2-4Col 1:16 We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will, Rom 8:281Pe 1:4Isa 46:10-11Eph 1:14Eph 1:5Eph 3:11Col 1:12Gal 3:18 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ. Eph 1:6Jer 17:5-7Eph 1:13-14Eph 3:21Isa 12:2Isa 42:1-4Isa 45:23Jer 23:6 In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 2Co 1:22Eph 4:302Ti 2:191Th 2:13Gal 3:14Rom 4:11Rom 1:16Tit 2:11 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory. 2Co 1:222Co 5:5Eph 4:30Gal 4:6Rom 8:15-17Rom 8:23Eph 1:121Pe 2:9
For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you and the love which you have toward all the saints, Phm 1:5Col 1:3-42Th 1:3Heb 6:101Jn 3:171Jn 4:211Pe 1:221Th 1:3 don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, Rom 1:8-9Col 1:92Th 1:3Col 1:31Sa 12:23Php 1:3-41Sa 7:81Th 1:2 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, Isa 11:2Jas 3:17-18Col 1:9-10Pro 2:52Pe 1:3Eph 3:18-192Pe 3:18Jhn 17:3 having the eyes of your hearts 2 enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, Act 26:182Co 4:6Luk 24:451Jn 3:1-3Eph 1:7Psa 119:18Eph 3:16Eph 5:8 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might Php 2:13Col 2:12Eph 3:202Co 4:7Col 1:29Eph 6:10Eph 3:7Eph 2:10 which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, Heb 10:12Mrk 16:19Psa 110:1Act 2:24-36Heb 1:3Mat 22:43-45Mat 28:18Col 3:1 far above all rule, authority, power, dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. Php 2:9-11Col 2:10Col 1:15-161Pe 3:22Heb 1:4Dan 7:27Act 4:12Col 2:15 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly, Col 1:18Col 2:101Co 15:25-27Psa 8:6-8Col 2:19Heb 2:81Co 11:3Eph 4:15-16 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. Col 1:18-19Jhn 1:16Col 2:9-10Eph 4:12Eph 3:19Eph 4:101Co 15:28Col 1:24