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Ephesians
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[1]Paul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God: To the saintes which are at Ephesus, and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus [1]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:
[2]Grace be with you, and peace, from God our father, & from the Lorde Iesus Christe [2]Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
[3]Blessed be God, the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng, in heauenly thynges by Christe [3]Blessed be God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which hath blessed us with all spiritual blessing in heavenly things in Christ,
[4]According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world, that we shoulde be holy, and without blame before hym, through loue [4]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:
[5]Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childre, by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe, according to the good pleasure of his wyll [5]Who hath predestinate us, to be adopted through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
[6]To the prayse of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued [6]To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherewith he hath made us accepted in his beloved,
[7]In whom we haue redemption through his blood, the forgeuenesse of sinnes, accordyng to the rychesse of his grace [7]By whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins, according to his rich grace:
[8]Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence [8]Whereby he hath been abundant toward us in all wisdom and understanding,
[9]And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll, accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe [9]And hath opened unto us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he had purposed in him,
[10]That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes, he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe, both which are in heauen, and which are in earth, in hym [10]That in the dispensation of the fullness of the times he might gather together in one all things, both which are in heaven and which are in earth , even in Christ:
[11]In whom also we are chosen, beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll [11]In whom also we are chosen when we were predestinate according to the purpose of him, which worketh all things after the counsel of his own will,
[12]That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie, whiche before beleued in Christe [12]That we, which first trusted in Christ, should be unto the praise of his glory:
[13]In whom also ye, after that ye heard the worde of trueth, the Gospell of your saluation, wherin also after that ye beleued, were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse [13]In whom also ye have trusted after that ye heard the word of truth, even the Gospel of your salvation, wherein also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
[14]Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce, vnto ye redemption of the purchased possession, vnto the prayse of his glorie [14]Which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession purchased unto the praise of his glory.
[15]Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus, and loue vnto all the saintes [15]Therefore also after that I heard of the faith, which ye have in the Lord Jesus, and love toward all the Saints,
[16]Ceasse not to geue thankes for you, makyng mention of you in my prayers [16]I cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
[17]That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe, the father of glorie, may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation, in the knowledge of hym [17]That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of glory, might give unto you the Spirit of wisdom, and revelation through the knowledge of him,
[18]The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened, that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng, and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce [is] in the saintes [18]That the eyes of your understanding may be lightened that ye may know what the hope is of his calling, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in the Saints,
[19]And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde, which beleue, accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power [19]And what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us, which believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
[20]Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead, and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly [places [20]Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
[21]Farre aboue all rule, and power, and myght, and dominion, and euery name that is named, not in this worlde only, but also in the worlde to come [21]Far above all principality, and power, and might, and domination, and every Name, that is named, not in this world only, but also in that that is to come,
[22]And hath put all thynges vnder his feete, and gaue him [to be] the head ouer all thynges to the Churche [22]And hath made all things subject under his feet, and hath appointed him over all things to be the head to the Church,
[23]Which is his body, the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all [23]Which is his body, even the fullness of him that filleth all in all things.
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