Ephesians 1 - 3
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Paul, a an apostle of Christ Jesus b by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and c are faithful in Christ Jesus:
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d Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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e Blessed be f the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing g in the heavenly places,
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h even as he i chose us in him j before the foundation of the world, that we should be k holy and blameless before him. In love
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l he predestined us for m adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, n according to the purpose of his will,
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o to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in p the Beloved.
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q In him we have r redemption s through his blood, t the forgiveness of our trespasses, u according to the riches of his grace,
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which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
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v making known to us the mystery of his will, n according to his purpose, which he w set forth in Christ
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as a plan for x the fullness of time, y to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
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In him we have obtained z an inheritance, a having been predestined b according to the purpose of him who works all things according to c the counsel of his will,
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so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be d to the praise of his glory.
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In him you also, when you heard e the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, f were sealed with the g promised Holy Spirit,
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who is h the guarantee of our i inheritance until j we acquire k possession of it, l to the praise of his glory.
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For this reason, m because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
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I n do not cease to give thanks for you, o remembering you in my prayers,
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that p the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, q may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
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r having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is s the hope to which he has called you, what are t the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
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and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, u according to the working of v his great might
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that he worked in Christ w when he raised him from the dead and x seated him at his right hand y in the heavenly places,
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z far above a all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above b every name that is named, not only in c this age but also in the one to come.
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And d he put all things under his feet and gave him as e head over all things to the church,
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f which is his body, g the fullness of him h who fills i all in all.
Ephesians 2
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j And you were k dead in the trespasses and sins
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l in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following m the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in n the sons of disobedience -
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among whom we all once lived in o the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and p were by nature q children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
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But God, being r rich in mercy, s because of the great love with which he loved us,
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even t when we were dead in our trespasses, u made us alive together with Christ - v by grace you have been saved -
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and raised us up with him and w seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable x riches of his grace in y kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
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For z by grace you have been saved a through faith. And this is b not your own doing; c it is the gift of God,
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d not a result of works, e so that no one may boast.
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For f we are his workmanship, g created in Christ Jesus h for good works, i which God prepared beforehand, j that we should walk in them.
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Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called k the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands -
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remember l that you were at that time separated from Christ, m alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to n the covenants of promise, o having no hope and without God in the world.
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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were p far off have been brought near q by the blood of Christ.
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For r he himself is our peace, s who has made us both one and has broken down t in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
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by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in u ordinances, that he might create in himself one v new man in place of the two, so making peace,
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and might w reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
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And he came and x preached peace to you who were y far off and peace to those who were z near.
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For a through him we both have b access in c one Spirit to the Father.
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So then you are no longer d strangers and aliens, but you are e fellow citizens with the saints and f members of the household of God,
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g built on the foundation of the h apostles and prophets, i Christ Jesus himself being j the cornerstone,
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k in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into l a holy temple in the Lord.
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In him m you also are being built together n into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Ephesians 3
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For this reason I, Paul, o a prisoner for Christ Jesus p on behalf of you Gentiles -
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assuming that you have heard of q the stewardship of r God's grace that was given to me for you,
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s how the mystery was made known to me t by revelation, u as I have written briefly.
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v When you read this, you can perceive my insight into w the mystery of Christ,
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which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.
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This mystery is that the Gentiles are x fellow heirs, y members of the same body, and z partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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a Of this gospel I was made b a minister according to the gift of c God's grace, which was given me d by the working of his power.
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To me, e though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, f to preach to the Gentiles the g unsearchable h riches of Christ,
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and i to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery j hidden for ages in God k who created all things,
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so that through the church the manifold l wisdom of God m might now be made known to n the rulers and authorities o in the heavenly places.
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This was p according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
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in whom we have q boldness and r access with s confidence through our t faith in him.
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So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering u for you, v which is your glory.
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For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
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from whom w every family in heaven and on earth is named,
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that according to x the riches of his glory y he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit z in your inner being,
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a so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith - that you, being b rooted and c grounded in love,
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may have strength to d comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and e height and depth,
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and to know the love of Christ f that surpasses knowledge, that g you may be filled with all h the fullness of God.
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i Now to j him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, k according to the power at work within us,
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l to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
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1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes.
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Colossians 1:2
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
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Romans 1:7
To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
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Romans 15:6
That together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Ephesians 1:20
That he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 2:6
And raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:10
So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
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Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
1 Peter 1:2
According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
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James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:18
And the Lord has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments.
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2 Timothy 1:9
Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.
Matthew 13:35
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.
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Ephesians 5:27
So that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
Colossians 1:22
He has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him.
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.
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Ephesians 1:11
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.
Romans 8:29 - 30
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
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Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!
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Ephesians 1:9
Making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ
Luke 2:14
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!"
Hebrews 2:4
While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Ephesians 1:12
So that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:14
Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
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John 3:35
The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
John 10:17
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
Colossians 1:13
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.
Matthew 3:17
And behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
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Colossians 1:14
In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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Romans 3:24
And are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 1:30
And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
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Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
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Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Ephesians 3:8
To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.
Ephesians 3:16
That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being.
Colossians 1:27
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Romans 2:4
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
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Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
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Ephesians 1:5
He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.
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Ephesians 1:11
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Romans 9:11
Though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad - in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls -
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Mark 1:15
And saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
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Colossians 1:16
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things were created through him and for him.
Colossians 1:20
And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Ephesians 3:15
From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.
Philippians 2:9 - 10
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.
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Deuteronomy 4:20
But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day.
Deuteronomy 32:9
But the Lord 's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.
Ephesians 1:14
Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
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Ephesians 1:5
He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.
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Ephesians 3:11
This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Revelation 4:11
"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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Acts 20:27
For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
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Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:14
Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Philippians 1:11
Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
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2 Corinthians 6:7
By truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left.
Colossians 1:5
Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel.
2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
Acts 13:26
Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
Acts 15:7
And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
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Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
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Acts 1:4
And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me.
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2 Corinthians 1:22
And who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
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Acts 20:32
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Ephesians 1:18
Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.
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Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
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1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:12
So that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
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Colossians 1:4
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints.
Philemon 1:5
Because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints.
Romans 1:8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
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Colossians 1:9
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
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Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
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Romans 15:6
That together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Colossians 1:9
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
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Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 10:32
But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.
Revelation 3:17 - 18
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
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Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit - just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call -
Ephesians 2:12
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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Ephesians 3:8
To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.
Ephesians 3:16
That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being.
Colossians 1:27
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
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Ephesians 3:7
Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.
Philippians 3:21
Who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Colossians 1:29
For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
Colossians 2:12
Having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
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Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
Daniel 4:30
And the king answered and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?
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Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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Mark 16:19
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
Acts 2:33
Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
1 Peter 3:22
Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
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Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
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Ephesians 4:10
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Colossians 2:10
And you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
John 3:31
He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
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1 Corinthians 15:24
Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
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Ephesians 3:15
From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.
Philippians 2:9
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.
Hebrews 1:4
Having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
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Matthew 12:32
And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
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Psalms 8:6
You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet.
1 Corinthians 15:27
For "God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "all things are put in subjection," it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him.
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Ephesians 4:15
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to g...
Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife even as...
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church. He ...
Colossians 2:19
And not holding fast to the Head, from whom the...
1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to understand that the head of e...
Colossians 2:10
And you have been filled in him, who is the hea...
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Ephesians 4:12
To equip the saints for the work of ministry, f...
Ephesians 4:16
From whom the whole body, joined and held toget...
Ephesians 5:30
Because we are members of his body.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church. He ...
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, a...
Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife even as...
1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ and individually...
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Ephesians 3:19
And to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
John 1:16
And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
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Ephesians 4:10
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
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Jeremiah 23:24
Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.
Colossians 3:11
Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
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Colossians 2:13
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.
Colossians 1:21
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds.
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Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved -
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
Luke 15:24
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate.
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Ephesians 4:17
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that yo...
Ephesians 4:22
To put off your old self, which belongs to your...
Ephesians 5:8
For at one time you were darkness, but now you ...
Colossians 3:7
In these you too once walked, when you were liv...
Romans 11:30
For just as you were at one time disobedient to...
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you. But you were washed,...
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Ephesians 6:12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Revelation 9:11
They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
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Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.
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Galatians 5:16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
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Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned -
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2 Peter 2:14
They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
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Ephesians 2:7
So that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Titus 3:5
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 2:4
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
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John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
Romans 5:6
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:8
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
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Colossians 2:12 - 13
Having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
John 14:19
Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.
Acts 15:11
But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.
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Ephesians 1:20
That he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.
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Ephesians 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us.
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Titus 3:4
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared.
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Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved -
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1 Peter 1:5
Who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Romans 4:16
That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring - not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
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2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.
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John 4:10
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit.
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2 Timothy 1:9
Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.
Titus 3:5
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 3:20
For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Romans 3:28
For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
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1 Corinthians 1:29
So that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
Judges 7:2
The Lord said to Gideon, "The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast over me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.
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Deuteronomy 32:6
Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
Psalms 100:3
Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
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Ephesians 3:9
And to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.
Ephesians 4:24
And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Colossians 3:10
And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
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Ephesians 4:24
And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
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Ephesians 1:4
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
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Colossians 1:10
So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
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Romans 2:26
So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
Romans 2:28
For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.
Colossians 2:11
In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ.
Colossians 2:13
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.
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1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
Ephesians 5:8
For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
Colossians 3:7
In these you too once walked, when you were living in them.
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Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
Colossians 1:21
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds.
Ezekiel 14:5
That I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, who are all estranged from me through their idols.
Galatians 2:15
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners.
Galatians 4:8
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.
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Romans 9:4
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
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1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
Ephesians 1:18
Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.
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Ephesians 2:17
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
Acts 2:39
For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.
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Colossians 1:20
And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Romans 3:25
Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
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Psalms 72:7
In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
Micah 5:5
And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men.
Zechariah 9:10
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Luke 2:14
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!"
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Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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Colossians 1:21 - 22
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds.
Romans 7:4
Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
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Colossians 2:14
By canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Colossians 2:20
If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations -
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Romans 6:4
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
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Colossians 1:20 - 22
And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
1 Corinthians 12:13
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body - Jews or Greeks, slaves or free - and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
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Isaiah 57:19
Creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the Lord, "and I will heal him.
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Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
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Deuteronomy 4:7
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?
Psalms 148:14
He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the Lord!
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John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Ephesians 3:12
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
John 10:7
So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
John 10:9
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
Romans 5:2
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit - just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call -
1 Corinthians 12:13
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body - Jews or Greeks, slaves or free - and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
John 4:23
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
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Ephesians 2:12
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Hebrews 13:14
For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
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Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 12:22 - 23
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering.
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Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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Jeremiah 12:16
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, 'As the Lord lives,' even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
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Matthew 16:18
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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1 Corinthians 3:11
For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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Psalms 118:22
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.
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Ephesians 4:15 - 16
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
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1 Corinthians 3:16 - 17
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
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1 Peter 2:5
You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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Ephesians 3:17
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith - that you, being rooted and grounded in love.
2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
1 Timothy 3:15
If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
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Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.
Acts 23:18
So he took him and brought him to the tribune and said, "Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you.
Philippians 1:7
It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
Ephesians 6:20
For which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
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Ephesians 3:13
So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.
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Ephesians 1:10
As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
Colossians 1:25
Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known.
1 Timothy 1:4
Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.
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Ephesians 3:7
Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.
Ephesians 4:7
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.
Acts 11:23
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose.
Romans 1:5
Through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations.
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Acts 22:17
When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
Acts 22:21
And he said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'
Acts 26:16 - 18
But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you.
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Daniel 2:29
To you, O king, as you lay in bed came thoughts of what would be after this, and he who reveals mysteries made known to you what is to be.
Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
2 Corinthians 12:1
I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
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Ephesians 1:9 - 10
Making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ
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2 Corinthians 11:6
Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
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Colossians 4:3
At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison -
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Galatians 3:29
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
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Ephesians 2:16
And might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
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Ephesians 5:7
Therefore do not become partners with them.
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Colossians 1:23
If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Colossians 1:25
Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known.
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2 Corinthians 3:6
Who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Ephesians 3:2
Assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you.
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Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.
Ephesians 1:19
And what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
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1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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Job 5:9
Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
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Ephesians 1:18
Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.
Romans 2:4
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
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Ephesians 3:2 - 3
Assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you.
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Colossians 1:26
The mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.
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Revelation 4:11
"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
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1 Peter 1:12
It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
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Ephesians 1:21
Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
Ephesians 6:12
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
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Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
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Ephesians 1:11
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.
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Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus.
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Ephesians 2:18
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
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2 Corinthians 3:4
Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
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Mark 11:22
And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.
Philippians 3:9
And be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith -
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Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -
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2 Corinthians 1:6
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
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Ephesians 1:10
As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
Ephesians 1:21
Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
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Ephesians 3:8
To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 16:13
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Colossians 1:11
May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy.
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Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being.
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Ephesians 2:22
In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
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Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
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Colossians 1:23
If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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Romans 8:39
Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Job 11:8 - 9
It is higher than heaven - what can you do? Deeper than Sheol - what can you know?
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Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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Colossians 2:10
And you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
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Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
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Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.
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2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
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Ephesians 3:7
Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.
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Romans 11:36
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
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