WEBVTT 00:00.920 --> 00:04.420 The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians. 00:05.060 --> 00:06.060 Chapter 1. 00:07.160 --> 00:11.580 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at 00:11.580 --> 00:17.520 Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus, grace be to you, and peace from God 00:17.520 --> 00:20.440 our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:21.520 --> 00:27.120 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all 00:27.120 --> 00:30.840 spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. 00:31.560 --> 00:35.860 According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, 00:36.180 --> 00:40.000 that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. 00:40.880 --> 00:46.080 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, 00:46.640 --> 00:50.920 according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His 00:50.920 --> 00:54.720 grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the Beloved. 00:55.420 --> 01:00.000 In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, 01:00.280 --> 01:05.440 according to the riches of His grace, wherein He hath abounded toward us in all 01:05.440 --> 01:06.760 wisdom and prudence. 01:07.620 --> 01:12.300 Having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure, 01:12.680 --> 01:14.600 which He hath purposed in Himself. 01:15.760 --> 01:20.500 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one 01:20.500 --> 01:25.480 all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth, 01:25.940 --> 01:27.140 even in Him. 01:27.880 --> 01:32.840 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according 01:32.840 --> 01:37.780 to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will. 01:38.500 --> 01:42.980 That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ, 01:43.600 --> 01:45.240 in whom ye also trusted. 01:45.880 --> 01:51.540 After that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also 01:51.540 --> 01:53.260 after that ye believed. 01:53.660 --> 01:58.620 Ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our 01:58.620 --> 02:03.520 inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of 02:03.520 --> 02:04.060 His glory. 02:05.280 --> 02:10.800 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and love unto all 02:10.800 --> 02:15.840 the saints, cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers. 02:16.520 --> 02:21.500 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the 02:21.500 --> 02:24.940 spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. 02:25.920 --> 02:30.900 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that ye may know what is the 02:30.900 --> 02:35.740 hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the 02:35.740 --> 02:40.160 saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power to usward who 02:40.160 --> 02:45.320 believe, according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ 02:45.320 --> 02:50.660 when He raised Him from the dead and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly 02:50.660 --> 02:51.260 places. 02:52.000 --> 02:58.280 Far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is 02:58.280 --> 03:02.640 named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. 03:03.080 --> 03:09.040 And hath put all things under His feet and gave Him to be the head over all things to 03:09.040 --> 03:14.460 the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him that filleth all in all.