Ephesians 1:1-12

Legacy Standard Bible

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle of ^(B)Christ Jesus ^[a](C)by the will of God,

To the ^[b](D)saints who are ^[c]at ^(E)Ephesus and ^(F)who are faithful in ^(G)Christ Jesus: ^2 (H)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

^3 (I)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in ^(J)the heavenly places in Christ, ⁴ just as ^(K)He chose us in Him before ^(L)the foundation of the world, that we would be ^(M)holy and blameless before ^[d]Him ^(N)in love, ⁵ by ^(O)predestining us to ^(P)adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, ^(Q)according to the good pleasure of His will, ^6 (R)to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in ^(S)the Beloved. ^7 (T)In ^[e]Him we have ^(U)redemption ^(V)through His blood, the ^(W)forgiveness of our transgressions, according to ^(X)the riches of His grace ⁸ which He caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight, ^9 (Y)making known to us the mystery of His will, ^(Z)according to His good pleasure which He ^(AA)purposed in Him ¹⁰ for an administration of ^(AB)the fullness of the times, that is, ^(AC)the summing up of all things in Christ, things ^[f]in the heavens and things on the earth in Him. ¹¹ In ^[g]Him, we also ^[h](AD)have been made an inheritance, having been ^(AE)predestined ^(AF)according to the purpose of Him who works all things ^(AG)according to the counsel of His will, ¹² to the end that we who first have hoped in ^[i]Christ would be ^(AH)to the praise of His glory.