The Bible Study – Ephesians 1:1-6 “Spiritual Blessings in Christ”

The Bible Study

with guest

Rev. Larry Troxel of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Bowen, Illinois.

http://archives.kfuo.org/mp3/BS14/BS_Jan_13_2014.mp3
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Ephesians 1:1-6

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,

To God’s holy people in Ephesus,[a] the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he[b] predestined us for adoption to sonship[c] through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

Footnotes:

Ephesians 1:1 Some early manuscripts do not have in Ephesus.

Ephesians 1:5 Or sight in love. 5 He

Ephesians 1:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.