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Ephesians · read by Brian Brodersen
138 verses, in order. Only the verses Brian read aloud are shown.
Ephesians 1
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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Read from ESV · (Ephesians) Introduction to Ephesians
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.Read from NASB1995 · (Ephesians) Sealed by the Spirit
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For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In loveRead from NKJV · (Ephesians) Sealed by the Spirit
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He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Blessings Through Christ
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to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Sealed by the Spirit
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In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His graceRead from NKJV · (Ephesians) Redemption
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that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Blessings Through Christ
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And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in ChristRead from NKJV · (Ephesians) Sealed by the Spirit
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as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Sealed by the Spirit
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In Him we were also chosen as God's own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Blessings Through Christ
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in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Redemption
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And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Blessings Through Christ
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who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession, to the praise of His glory.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Blessings Through Christ
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For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Hope of His Calling
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I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Hope of His Calling
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that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Hope of His Calling
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and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) From the Pit to the Pinnacle
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which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Hope of His Calling
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And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) God's Glorious Plan
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which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.Read from ESV · (Ephesians) God's Glorious Plan
Ephesians 2
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And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) From the Pit to the Pinnacle
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in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.Read from NKJV · (Romans) Debtors to the Spirit
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All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.Read from NKJV · (Romans) Debtors to the Spirit
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But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) From the Pit to the Pinnacle
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made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) From the Pit to the Pinnacle
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And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) From the Pit to the Pinnacle
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in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) From the Pit to the Pinnacle
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For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,Read from NASB1995 · (Romans) Believing Not Working
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For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.Read from ESV · (1 Corinthians) Spiritual Gifts
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Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Citizens of the Household of God
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remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Citizens of the Household of God
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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.Read from ESV · (Ephesians) Citizens of the Household of God
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For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostilityRead from NKJV · (Ephesians) Citizens of the Household of God
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by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peaceRead from NKJV · (Ephesians) Citizens of the Household of God
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and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Citizens of the Household of God
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He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Citizens of the Household of God
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For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Citizens of the Household of God
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Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Citizens of the Household of God
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And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
Ephesians 3
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For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God's presence with boldness and confidence.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Unsearchable Riches of Christ
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... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Love of God
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from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Love of God
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will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depthRead from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Love of God
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to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Love of God
Ephesians 4
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As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Endeavoring to Keep Unity
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and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Endeavoring to Keep Unity
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There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Endeavoring to Keep Unity
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one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Endeavoring to Keep Unity
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Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) Spiritual Gifts
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This is why it says: "When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men."Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Equipping of the Saints
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What does "He ascended" mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Equipping of the Saints
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He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Equipping of the Saints
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And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Growing in the Lord
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to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,Read from KJV · (1 Corinthians) the Gifts of the Spirit
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until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Growing in the Lord
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Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Growing in the Lord
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Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Growing in the Lord
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From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Growing in the Lord
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So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Christ in You
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They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Christ in You
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Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Christ in You
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Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the New Man
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to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the New Man
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and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the New Man
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Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Walking in Love
Ephesians 5
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and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Walking in Love
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But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Awake Ye Who Sleep
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Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Awake Ye Who Sleep
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For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.Read from NKJV · (1 Corinthians) Flee Sexual Immorality
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Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.Read from ESV · (1 Corinthians) Flee Sexual Immorality
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Therefore do not be partakers with them.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Corinthians) Flee Sexual Immorality
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For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Awake Ye Who Sleep
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for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Awake Ye Who Sleep
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Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Awake Ye Who Sleep
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For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Awake Ye Who Sleep
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But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Awake Ye Who Sleep
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So it is said: "Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Awake Ye Who Sleep
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Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Be Filled With the Spirit
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redeeming the time, because the days are evil.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Be Filled With the Spirit
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Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Be Filled With the Spirit
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Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Be Filled With the Spirit
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Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Be Filled With the Spirit
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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Be Filled With the Spirit
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Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Be Filled With the Spirit
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Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.Read from ESV · (Ephesians) Christ: The Husband's Role Model
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For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Christ: The Husband's Role Model
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Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Order of Creation (In Marriage)
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for herRead from NKJV · (Ephesians) Christ: The Husband's Role Model
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to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Order of Creation (In Marriage)
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and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Christ: The Husband's Role Model
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In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Husbands Love Your Wives
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Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Christ: The Husband's Role Model
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"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Virtuous Wife
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This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Christ: The Husband's Role Model
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Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Virtuous Wife
Ephesians 6
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Read from ESV · (Ephesians) the Christian Family
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"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Christian Family
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"that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth."Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Christian Family
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Christian Family
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Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Doing All Things for the Lord
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Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Doing All Things for the Lord
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because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Doing All Things for the Lord
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And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Doing All Things for the Lord
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Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Wiles of the Devil
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Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil's schemes.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Wiles of the Devil
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For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world's darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.Read from KJV · Satan's Devices - Part 1
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Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Wiles of the Devil
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Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Fit for the Fight
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and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.Read from NASB1995 · (Ephesians) Putting on the Armor
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In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) the Armor of God
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And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.Read from ESV · (Ephesians) Fit for the Fight
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Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Putting on the Armor
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Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Fit for the Fight
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Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know about me and what I am doing.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Putting on the Armor
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I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Putting on the Armor
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Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Putting on the Armor
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Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.Read from NKJV · (Ephesians) Putting on the Armor