Ephesians 1:10-12
The Message
7-10 Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.
11-12 It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
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Ephesians 1:10-12
King James Version
10 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:
11 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:
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
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Ephesians 1:10-12
New King James Version
10 that in the dispensation of (A)the fullness of the times (B)He might gather together in one (C)all things in Christ, [a]both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 11 (D)In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to (E)the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 (F)that we (G)who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
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- Ephesians 1:10 NU, M omit both
Ephesians 1:10-12
English Standard Version
10 as a plan for (A)the fullness of time, (B)to unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth in him.
11 In him we have obtained (C)an inheritance, (D)having been predestined (E)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to (F)the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be (G)to the praise of his glory.
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