The Blessings of Redemption

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

regarding His plan of the fullness of the times, to bring all things together in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.

to the end that we who were the first to hope in the Christ would be to the praise of His glory.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.

which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

Made Alive in Christ

And you were dead in your offenses and sins,

even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the people of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

But now in Christ Jesus you who previously were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ,

The Christian’s Walk

So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds,

But you did not learn Christ in this way,

Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

For this you know with certainty, that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, which amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our God and Father;