Ephesians 1:3-5

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Spiritual Blessings in Christ

³ ·Praise be to [or Blessed is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ, God has given us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly ·world [realms; places]. ⁴ ·That is [or Just as; or For; Because], in Christ, he chose us before the ·world was made [^Lfoundation of the world] so that we would be his holy people—people ·without blame [or unblemished; ^Cas are sacrificial animals] before him. ⁵ Because of his love [^Cthis phrase may go with the previous sentence], God ·had already decided to make us his own children [^Lpredestined us for adoption] through Jesus Christ. That was what he wanted and what pleased him,