Ephesians
Chapter 1: 13-21
13And you also were included
in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed,
you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14who
is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's
possession—to the praise of his glory.
Thanksgiving and Prayer
15For this
reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the
saints, 16I have not stopped giving thanks for you,
remembering you in my prayers. 17I keep asking that the God
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and
revelation, so that you may know him better. 18I pray also
that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to
which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power
is like the working of his mighty strength, 20which he
exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the
heavenly realms, 21far above all rule and authority, power
and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in
the one to come.
