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6. Paul’s Prayer for Strength and the Love of Christ
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell…
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5. The Revelation of the Mystery and Paul’s Ministry of Grace
For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—surely you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, that the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. In reading…
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4. Brought Near by the Blood of Christ
Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh—called “uncircumcised” by those called “circumcised” (which is done in the body by human hands)—were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in…
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3. Dead in Sin, Alive in Christ
As for you, you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you used to walk when you followed the ways of this world, the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now at work in the sons of disobedience. All of us also lived among them…
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2. Paul’s Prayer for Revelation and Power
For this reason, ever since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give…
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1. The Apostle’s Greeting and Blessing in Christ
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us…