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== Ephesians 1 ==

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| * [[Ephesians#Ephesians_1|Ephesians 1]]:13 "In whom ye also ''trusted'', after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"
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| The word ''trusted'' is not in the text. It is put there by the translators because the word ''trusted'' is in the previous verse 12.
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| * "That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first '''trusted''' in Christ." [[Ephesians#Ephesians_1|Ephesians 1]]:12
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| The word only appears once in the whole Bible and is defined "to hope".<Ref>{{4276}}</Ref>
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| You cannot have an ''identity'' in Christ without [[Christ]]. You cannot understand Paul without hearing the [[Gospel of the Kingdom]] preached Christ first.  Without [[repent]]ance, there is no [[grace]].
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| [[Ephesians]] 2, 4, and 5 will talk about your ''[[walk]]''. Ephesians is talking about the truth that we are 
to "walk not as other Gentiles walk". Because if you walk that way you will have your "understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart." This is why the vanity of identity politics is so  covetous in its nature because they "have given themselves over unto [[lasciviousness]], to work all uncleanness with greediness." Ephesians 4:19
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<center>'''Greeting''' </center>

1 ¶  [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]], an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2  Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

<center>'''Spiritual blessing of those who trusted in Christ'''</center>

3 ¶  Blessed be the God and [[Father]] of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the [[world]], that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7  In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8  Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom<Ref name="wisdom">{{4678}}</Ref> and prudence;
9  Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10  That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
12  That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13  In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth<Ref name="Spirittruth">{{Spirittruth}}</Ref>, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14  Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

<center>'''Faith in Christ love unto saints'''</center>

15 ¶  Wherefore I also, after I heard of your [[faith]] in the Lord Jesus, and [[love]] unto all the [[saints]],
16  Cease not [[eucharist|to give thanks]]<Ref name="thanks">{{2168}}</Ref> for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17  That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the [[Father]] of glory, may give unto you the spirit of [[wisdom]]<Ref name="wisdom">{{4678}}</Ref> and [[revelation]]<Ref name="revelation">{{602}}</Ref> in the knowledge of him:
18  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the [[hope]] of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power<Ref name="dunamis">{{1411}}</Ref> to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,<Ref name="mighty">{{2904}}</Ref><Ref name="ischus">{{2479}}</Ref>
20  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21  Far above all principality<Ref name="principalities">{{746}}</Ref>, and power<Ref name="exousia">{{1849}}</Ref>, and might<Ref name="dunamis">{{1411}}</Ref>, and dominion<Ref name="dominion">{{2963}}</Ref>, and every name that is named, not only in this world,<Ref>{{165}}</Ref> but also in that which is to come:
22  And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23  Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.