The New English Bible; 69; Ephesians ?-Ephesians 3:21

for many reasons but christ in the church from paulo apostle of christ jesus commissioned by the will of god that god speedo at ephesus believe those in corporate in christ jesus grace to un peace from god our father and the lord jesus christ praise be to the garden fall of our lord jesus christ who has bestowed on us in christ every spiritual blessing in the heavenly rounds in christ he chose us before the world was founded to be dedicated to be without blemish in his side to be fool of love andy destined us such was his widow and pleasure to be accepted as his sons through jesus christ but the broad array of his gracious gift so graciously be stored on us in his beloved might

redound to his praise one in christ our release is secured and our sins are forgiven through the shading of his blood therein lies the richness of god's free grace who lavished upon us imparting fool wisdom and insight he has made known to us his hidden couples such was his will and pleasure determined beforehand in christ to be put into effect when the time was right namely that the universe all in heaven and on earth might be brought into a unity in christ in christ indeed we have been given our share in their heritage as was decreed in his design whose book post is everywhere at work four it was his will that we were the first to set our hold on christ should cause his glory to be praised and you

too when you add heard the message of the true the good news of your salvation and had believed it became incorporated in christ and received the seiu of the promise holy spirit and that spirit is the pledge that we shall enter upon our heritage what god has redeemed what is his own to his praise and glory because of all this now that i have heard of the faith you have in the lord jesus and of the love you bear towards or god's people i never cease to give thanks for you when i mentioned you in my prayers i pray that the god of our lord jesus christ your glorious father me give you the spiritual powers of wisdom and vision by which that comes the knowledge of him i pray that

you're in one dies maybe in your mind so that you may know what is the hope to which she goes you want the wealth and glory of the sheer he offers you among his people in their heritage and how vast resources of his power open to us who trust in him they're measured by his strength and the might which he exerted in christ when he raised him from the dead when he and thrown him at his right hand in the heavenly of realms far above or government ample authority or color and dominion and any title of sovereignty that could be named not only in this age but in the aged how he put everything in its objection beneath his feet and appointed him a supreme head to the church which is his body and as such holds within it the fullness of him who himself receives the

entire floor most of god time was when you what did in your sins of wickedness when you followed the evil ways of this present age when you'll be at the commander of the spiritual powers of the air the spit it now at work among garza rebel subjects we too aware of that number we all lived our lives in sensuality and obeyed the promptings of our own instincts and notions in our natural condition we like the rest may end of the dreadful judgment of god but richard besser for the great loyalty bonus brought us to life with christ even when we were did in our sins it is by his grace you are saved and in union with christ jesus he raised as out and informed us with him in the heavenly rounds so that he might

display in the ages to come how immense of the resources of his grace and how great his kindness to us in christ jesus what it is by his grace us saved thru trust in him that is not your own doing it as god's gift not an award for work done there is nothing for anyone to build a stall where we are god's hand they were created in christ jesus to devote ourselves to the good deeds for which god has designed us remember then your former condition you get it does is you are dope would let you the un circumcised so called buy those were called the circumcised but only with a reference to a note would write you wear at that time separate from christ strangers to the community of israel outside

god's covenants and the promise that goes with them your world was a world without hope and without a god but no in union with christ jesus who once were have been brought me here so the shedding of christ's blood for he is himself our piece gentiles and jews he has made the two one and in his own body of flesh and blood as broken down the enmity which stood like a dividing war between them for dr no and the law with its rules and regulations so as to create a lot of the tune he singled knew humanity in himself thereby making peace this was it's couples to reconcile the two in a single body to god through the cross on which he canoed the enmity so he came and proclaimed the good

news piece to you who were far off and beast of those who were nearby four through him we both alike have access to the father in the one spirit last year uh no longer aliens in a foreign land but fellow citizens were the gods people members of god's house old you were built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets and christ jesus himself is the foundation stone in the end though new building is bonded together and grows into a holy temple in the lord in him you do have to be built with all the rest into a spiritual dwelling for god with this in mind i made my prayer i call who in the cause of huge and doesn't know the prisoner of christ jesus for sure you have had how god has assigned the gift of his grace to meet for your benefit it was

by revelations that his secret was made known to me i have already written a brief account of this and by reading it you may perceive that i understand the secret of christ and for my generation's this was not disclosed to the human race but no it has been revealed by inspiration do is dedicated apostles and prophets that through the gospel the gentiles are joint is with the jews part of the same body chess together in the promise made in christ jesus such is the gospel of which i was made a minister by god's gift bestowed unmerited on me in the workings of its power to be one less than the least of all god's people he has granted all his grace the privilege of proclaiming to the gentiles the good news of the unfathomable riches of christ and of bringing to

lead how this hidden purpose was to be pulled into effect it was hidden for all ages in god the creator of the universe in order to go through the church the wisdom of god and all its of aid forms might be made known to the rulers of both parties in the realms of heaven this is in accord with his age mom proposed which he achieved in christ jesus lord in him we have access to god with freedom in the confidence barn of trust in him i did you then not to lose heart over my sufferings will you indeed they are your glory with this in mind then i knew in prayer to the father struggled every family in heaven and on earth takes its name but out of the treasures of his glory

he may god you strength at bala through his spirit in your and i'm being that through faith christ made well any arts in love with the group's ad firm foundations maybe strong to grasp with a local arts people what is the breadth and legs and height and it all the love of christ and to know it though it is beyond knowledge so they you attain to fool lists of being the fullness of god himself note in who is able to do he measurably more than or we cannot school could see by the power which is at work among us to him be glory in the church and in christ jesus from generation to generation ever more oh man the reading has concluded that the twenty first there's

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