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ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Paul, an apostle of Christ
Jesus through
the will of God, to the saints that
are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ
by
the will of God, to the saints which
are at Ephesus, and to
the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be
to you ,
and peace ,
from God our Father ,
and from
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed `
be '
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every
spiritual blessing
in the
heavenly `
places '
in Christ:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all
spiritual blessings
in heavenly places in Christ:
even
as he chose
us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish
before him in love:
According
as he hath
chosen
us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before him in love:
having foreordained
us unto adoption as
sons
through
Jesus Christ unto
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Having predestinated
us unto the
adoption of
children
by
Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
to the praise of the glory of his grace, which
he freely
bestowed
on
us in the Beloved :
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein
he hath
made
us accepted
in the beloved .
in whom we have our
redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our
trespasses
, according to the riches of his grace ,
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins
, according to the riches of his grace ;
which
he made
to
abound
toward us in all wisdom and prudence ,
Wherein
he hath
abounded
toward us in all wisdom and prudence ;
making
known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
Having
made
known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath
purposed in himself:
unto
a
dispensation of the fulness of the
times ,
to
sum
up
all things in Christ, the
things
in the
heavens
, and the
things
upon
the
earth; in him ,
`I
say,'
That
in
the
dispensation of the fulness of times he
might
gather
together
in
one
all things in Christ, both
which
are
in heaven
, and which
are
on
earth; even
in him :
in whom also we were
made
a
heritage
, having
been
foreordained
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will ;
In whom also we have
obtained
an
inheritance
, being
predestinated
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own
will :
to
the
end
that we should be unto
the praise of his glory, we
who had
before
hoped
in Christ :
That we should be to
the praise of his glory, who first
trusted
in Christ .
in whom ye also, having
heard the word of the
truth, the gospel of your salvation ,--
in whom ,
having
also believed, ye were sealed with the
Holy Spirit of promise,
In whom ye also trusted
, after
that
ye
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation :
in whom also after
that
ye
believed, ye were sealed with that
holy Spirit of promise,
which is an
earnest of our inheritance ,
unto
the redemption of `God's'
own
possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Which is the
earnest of our inheritance until
the redemption of the
purchased
possession, unto the praise of his glory.
For
this
cause
I also, having
heard of the
faith in the Lord Jesus which
is
among
you
, and the
love which
`ye
show'
toward
all the saints,
Wherefore
I also, after
I
heard of your
faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto
all the saints,
cease not to give thanks for you, making mention `
of you '
in my prayers;
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him ;
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him :
having
the eyes of your heart
enlightened ,
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
The eyes of your understanding
being
enlightened ;
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and
what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that
working
of
the strength
of his might
And what is
the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working
of his mighty
power,
which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made
him to
sit
at his right hand in the heavenly `
places '
,
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set
him at his own
right hand in the heavenly places,
far above all rule
, and authority
, and power
, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Far above all principality
, and power
, and might
, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
and he
put all things in
subjection
under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
And hath
put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the
head over all things to the church,
which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
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