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| 1:1 | Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God, to the Saincts which are at Ephesus, and to the faithfull in Christ Iesus. |
| 1:2 | Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ. |
| 1:3 | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, who hath blessed vs with all spirituall blessings in heauenly places in Christ: |
| 1:4 | According as he hath chosen vs in him, before the foundation of the world, that wee should bee holy, and without blame before him in loue: |
| 1:5 | Hauing predestinated vs vnto the adoption of children by Iesus Christ to himselfe, according to the good pleasure of his will: |
| 1:6 | To the praise of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued: |
| 1:7 | In whom wee haue redemption through his blood, the forgiuenesse of sinnes, according to the riches of his grace, |
| 1:8 | Wherein hee hath abounded toward vs in all wisedome and prudence: |
| 1:9 | Hauing made knowen vnto vs the mysterie of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he had purposed in himselfe, |
| 1:10 | That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of times, he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heauen, and which are on earth, euen in him: |
| 1:11 | In whom also we haue obteined an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsell of his owne will: |
| 1:12 | That we should be to the praise of his glorie, who first trusted in Christ. |
| 1:13 | In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of trueth, the Gospel of your saluation: in whom also after that yee beleeued, yee were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, |
| 1:14 | Which is the earnest of our inheritance, vntill the redemption of the purchased possession, vnto the praise of his glorie. |
| 1:15 | Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Iesus, and loue vnto all the Saints, |
| 1:16 | Cease not to giue thankes for you, making mention of you in my prayers, |
| 1:17 | That the God of our Lord Iesus Christ the Father of glorie, may giue vnto you the Spirit of wisedome and reuelation in the knowledge of him: |
| 1:18 | The eyes of your vnderstanding being inlightned: that yee may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glorie of his inheritance in the Saints: |
| 1:19 | And what is the exceeding greatnesse of his power to vs-ward who beleeue, according to the working of his mightie power: |
| 1:20 | Which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his owne right hand in the heauenly places, |
| 1:21 | Farre aboue all principalitie, and power, and might, and dominion, and euery name that is named, not onely in this world, but also in that which is to come: |
| 1:22 | And hath put all things vnder his feete, and gaue him to be the head ouer all things to the Church, |
| 1:23 | Which is his body, the fulnesse of him that filleth all in all. |
| 1:1 | Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God. To ye sayntes which are Ephesus, & to the that beleue on Iesus Christ. |
| 1:2 | Grace be with you and peace from God oure father, & fro the LORDE Iesus Christ. |
| 1:3 | Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs wt all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ |
| 1:4 | acordinge as he had chosen vs by him, or euer the foundacion of the worlde was layed, that we shulde be holy and without blame before him in loue, |
| 1:5 | & ordeyned vs before, to receaue vs as children thorow Iesus Christ, acordinge to the pleasure of his will, |
| 1:6 | vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued, |
| 1:7 | in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude (namely) the forgeuenes of synnes, acordynge to ye riches of his grace, |
| 1:8 | which he hath shed vpon vs abundauntly in all wyssdome and prudece: |
| 1:9 | and hath opened vnto vs the mystery of his wil acordinge to his pleasure, which he had purposed in himselfe, |
| 1:10 | yt it shulde be preached wha the tyme was full come, that all thinges shulde be gathered together by Christ, both the thinges which are in heauen, and also the thinges that are vpon earth, |
| 1:11 | euen by him, by whom also we are come to the inheritaunce we that were therto predestinate before, acordinge to ye purpose of him, which worketh all thinges after ye councell of his owne wyll, |
| 1:12 | that we mighte be to the prayse of his glory, euen we that before beleued on Christ, |
| 1:13 | on who also ye beleued, after that ye herde the worde of trueth, namely ye Gospell of youre saluacion: wherin whan ye beleued, ye were sealed with the holy sprete of promes, |
| 1:14 | which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce to oure redempcion, that we mighte be his owne to the prayse off his glory. |
| 1:15 | Wherfore I also, (in so moch as I haue herde of the faith which ye haue in ye LORDE Iesu, and of youre loue vnto all ye sayntes) |
| 1:16 | ceasse not to geue thankes for you, and make mencion of you in my prayers, |
| 1:17 | that ye God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, the father of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wyssdome, and open vnto you the knowlege of himselfe, |
| 1:18 | and lighten the eyes of youre vnderstondinge, that ye maye knowe what is the hope of youre callynge, and what the riches of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon the sayntes, |
| 1:19 | & what is the exceadinge greatnesse of his power towarde vs, which beleue acordinge to ye workynge of his mightie power, |
| 1:20 | which he wroughte in Christ, whan he raysed him vp fro the deed, and set him on his righte hade i heauely thinges, |
| 1:21 | aboue all rule, power, and mighte, and dominacio, and aboue all that maye be named, not onely in this worlde, but also in ye worlde to come. |
| 1:22 | And hath put all thinges vnder his fete, and hath made him aboue all thinges the heade of the cogregacion, |
| 1:23 | which is his body, and the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all. |
| 1:1 | Poul, the apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, to alle seyntis that ben at Effesie, and to the feithful men in Jhesu Crist, |
| 1:2 | grace be to you and pees of God, oure fader, and oure Lord Jhesu Crist. |
| 1:3 | Blessid be God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that hath blessid vs in al spiritual blessing in heuenli thingis in Crist, |
| 1:4 | as he hath chosun vs in hym silf bifor the makyng of the world, that we weren hooli, and with out wem in his siyt, in charite. |
| 1:5 | Which hath bifor ordeyned vs in to adopcioun of sones bi Jhesu Crist in to hym, bi the purpos of his wille, |
| 1:6 | in to the heriyng of the glorie of his grace; |
| 1:7 | in which he hath glorified vs in his dereworthe sone. In whom we han redempcioun bi his blood, foryyuenesse of synnes, aftir the ritchessis of his grace, |
| 1:8 | that aboundide greetli in vs in al wisdom and prudence, |
| 1:9 | to make knowun to vs the sacrament of his wille, bi the good plesaunce of hym; the which sacrament he purposide in |
| 1:10 | hym in the dispensacioun of plente of tymes to enstore alle thingis in Crist, whiche ben in heuenes, and whiche ben in erthe, in hym. |
| 1:11 | In whom we ben clepid bi sort, bifor ordeyned bi the purpos of hym that worchith alle thingis bi the counsel of his wille; |
| 1:12 | that we be in to the heriyng of his glorie, we that han hopid bifor in Crist. |
| 1:13 | In whom also ye weren clepid, whanne ye herden the word of treuthe, the gospel of youre heelthe, in whom ye bileuynge ben merkid with the Hooli Goost of biheest, which is the ernes of oure eritage, |
| 1:14 | in to the redempcioun of purchasyng, in to heriyng of his glorie. |
| 1:15 | Therfor and Y herynge youre feith, that is in Crist Jhesu, and the loue in to alle seyntis, |
| 1:16 | ceesse not to do thankyngis for you, makynge mynde of you in my preieris; |
| 1:17 | that God of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, the fadir of glorie, yyue to you the spirit of wisdom and of reuelacioun, in to the knowyng of hym; |
| 1:18 | and the iyen of youre herte liytned, that ye wite, which is the hope of his clepyng, and whiche ben the richessis of the glorie of his eritage in seyntis; |
| 1:19 | and whych is the excellent greetnesse of his vertu in to vs that han bileuyd, bi the worchyng of the myyt of his vertu, |
| 1:20 | which he wrouyte in Crist, reisynge hym fro deth, and settynge him on his riyt half in heuenli thingis, |
| 1:21 | aboue ech principat, and potestat, and vertu, and domynacioun, and aboue ech name that is named, not oneli in this world, but also in the world to comynge; |
| 1:22 | and made alle thingis suget vndur hise feet, and yaf hym to be heed ouer al the chirche, |
| 1:23 | that is the bodi of hym, and the plente of hym, which is alle thingis in alle thingis fulfillid. |
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