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Ephesians · read by Bruce Rodgers
66 verses, in order. Only the verses Bruce read aloud are shown.
Ephesians 1
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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 · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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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 KJV · Grace Part 1
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to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.Read from KJV · Grace Part 1
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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 KJV · Grace Part 1
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I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,Read from KJV · Overcomnig conflict and Our 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: Fitted to be His fullness
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which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.Read from ESV · Ephesians: Fitted to be His fullness
Ephesians 2
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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 KJV · Grace Part 1
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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 KJV · Grace Part 1
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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: Fitted to be His fullness
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In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.Read from KJV · Ephesians: Fitted to be His fullness
Ephesians 3
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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 KJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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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 KJV · Love Part 2
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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 KJV · Love Part 2
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according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.Read from KJV · Love Part 2
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In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God's presence with boldness and confidence.Read from KJV · Love Part 2
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So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.Read from KJV · Love Part 2
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... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,Read from KJV · Ephesians: Fitted to be His fullness
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from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.Read from KJV · Ephesians: Fitted to be His fullness
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I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,Read from KJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,Read from KJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depthRead from KJV · Love Part 2
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of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.Read from NKJV · Love Part 2
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Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,Read from KJV · Love Part 2
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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 KJV · Overcomnig conflict and Our Calling
Ephesians 4
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with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,Read from KJV · Ephesians: In Love
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and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.Read from NKJV · Ephesians: In Love
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one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.Read from NKJV · Love Part 2
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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 KJV · Local Church: Spiritual Gifts Functioning
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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 KJV · Ephesians: In Love
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to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,Read from KJV · Local Church: Spiritual Gifts Functioning
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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 KJV · Local Church: Spiritual Gifts Functioning
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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 KJV · Stewardship: Relationships & Preserving Unity
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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 KJV · Overcoming conflict and Honoring one another
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But this is not the way you came to know Christ.Read from NKJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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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 KJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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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 KJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;Read from NKJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.Read from KJV · Ephesians: Love and Truth; honoring God's work
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"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set upon your anger,Read from KJV · Stewardship: Relationships & Preserving Unity
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and do not give the devil a foothold.Read from KJV · Stewardship: Relationships & Preserving Unity
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He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.Read from KJV · Stewardship: Relationships & Preserving Unity
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Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.Read from KJV · Ephesians: Relinquish your claim
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And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.Read from KJV · Ephesians: Relinquish your claim
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Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.Read from KJV · Ephesians: Love and Truth; honoring God's work
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: Relinquish your claim
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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 · Stewardship with finances (part 1)
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Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.Read from KJV · Stewardship: Relationships between husband and wife
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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 KJV · Stewardship: Relationships between husband and wife
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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · Stewardship: Relationships between husband and wife
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Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.Read from KJV · Stewardship: Relationships between husband and wife
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Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.Read from KJV · Stewardship: Relationships between husband and wife
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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 · Stewardship: Relationships between husband and wife
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for herRead from KJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,Read from KJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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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 KJV · Stewardship: Relationships between husband and wife
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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 KJV · Stewardship: Relationships between husband and wife
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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 KJV · Stewardship: Relationships between husband and wife
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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 KJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.Read from NKJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
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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 KJV · Stewardship: Intro to foundational relationships
Ephesians 6
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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 KJV · The Conscience, Part 2
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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 KJV · The Judgment Seat of Christ