13 In him you also, when you heard
the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were
sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. 15
For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your
love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you,
remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the
knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may
know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his
glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness
of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at
his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and
power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age
but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave
him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness
of him who fills all in all. {Eph 1:13-23 ESV}
1 And you were dead in the trespasses
and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world,
following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in
the sons of disobedience-- 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of
our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by
nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in
mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were
dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have
been saved-- 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly
places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable
riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you
have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift
of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand, that we should walk in them. 11 Therefore remember that at one time
you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is
called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands-- 12 remember that
you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of
Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without
God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been
brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has
made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of
hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances,
that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making
peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross,
thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who
were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have
access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and
aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the
household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure,
being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also
are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. [Eph
2:1-22 ESV]
8 To me, though I am the very least
of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the
unsearchable riches of Christ, ... 10 so that through the church the manifold
wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the
heavenly places. ... 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant
you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and
grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what
is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of
Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness
of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we
ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in
the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever.
Amen. [Eph 3:8, 10, 16-21 ESV]
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