Ephesians 1:1-14

Paul,  an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will:  To the faithful saints  in Christ Jesus  at Ephesus.  , Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.  For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.  , He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace  that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.  In him we have redemption  through his blood, the forgiveness  of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he richly poured out on us with all wisdom and understanding.  He made known to us the mystery of his will,  according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ  as a plan for the right time   #— #to bring everything together in Christ,  both things in heaven and things on earth  in him.  In him we have also received an inheritance,  because we were predestined  according to the plan of the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of his will, so that we who had already put our hope  in Christ might bring praise to his glory.  In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit  when you heard the word of truth,  the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed. The Holy Spirit is the down payment  of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.