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Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
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he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
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In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
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that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,
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to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
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In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
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And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
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Thanksgiving and Prayer
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
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far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
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And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
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All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
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made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
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And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
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remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
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by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,
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Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
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This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.
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Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ,
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and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
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In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
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I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
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may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
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and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
