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Ephesians · read by G.W. North
82 verses, in order. Only the verses G.W. 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 KJV · Apostle's Doctrine - Part 7
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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 KJV · Three C's
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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 · Three C's
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to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.Read from KJV · The Will of God
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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 · The Will of God
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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 KJV · The Will of God
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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 · The Will of God
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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 KJV · The Will of God
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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 KJV · The Will of God
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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 KJV · The Great Now of God
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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 KJV · The Great Now of God
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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 KJV · The Great Now of God
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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 KJV · Three C's
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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 · Three C's
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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 KJV · Apostle's Doctrine - Part 6
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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 KJV · Three C's
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 · Labouring for the Lord
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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 · The Great Now of God
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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 KJV · Death, Burial, Birth, Resurrection
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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 KJV · Three C's
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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 KJV · The Great Now 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 · Labouring for the Lord
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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 KJV · Three C's
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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 KJV · The Cross (1 of 2) Power, Liberty, Oneness
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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 KJV · The Great Now 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 KJV · Heredity - Part 5
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For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.Read from KJV · The Great Now 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 · The Church - Bride, Body, Building
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.Read from KJV · The Stone Kingdom
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In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.Read from KJV · The Great Now 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 KJV · The Great Now of God
Ephesians 3
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For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...Read from KJV · The Great Now of God
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that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.Read from KJV · Death, Burial, Birth, Resurrection
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In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,Read from KJV · Death, Burial, Birth, Resurrection
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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 KJV · The Great Now of God
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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 KJV · The Great Now of God
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I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace, given me through the working of His power.Read from KJV · Power: The Domain
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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 · Power: The Domain
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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 · The Great Now of God
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according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.Read from KJV · The Great Now of God
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In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God's presence with boldness and confidence.Read from KJV · The Great Now of God
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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 · The Great Now of God
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so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,Read from NKJV · The Great Now 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 KJV · The Great Now of God
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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 KJV · The Great Now of God
Ephesians 4
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and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.Read from NKJV · Apostle's Doctrine - Part 4
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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 KJV · Apostle's Doctrine - Part 7
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one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.Read from NKJV · The Secrets of the Early Church's Success - Part 3
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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 KJV · Three C's
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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 · Three C's
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What does "He ascended" mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?Read from KJV · Know Yourself in Christ
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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 KJV · The Anointing: The Doctrine of Christ
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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 KJV · The Great Now of God
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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 KJV · A Change of Mind
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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 · Apostle's Doctrine - Part 2
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 KJV · Question Re Foolish Jesting and Gravity of Deacons
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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 KJV · Question Re Foolish Jesting and Gravity of Deacons
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Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.Read from KJV · Question Re Foolish Jesting and Gravity of Deacons
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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 KJV · Question Re Foolish Jesting and Gravity of Deacons
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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 KJV · Question Re Foolish Jesting and Gravity of Deacons
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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 · The Family
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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · The Family
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for herRead from KJV · Priesthood
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to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,Read from KJV · Priesthood
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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 · The Family
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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 · The Family
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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 · The Church - Bride, Body, Building
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This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.Read from NKJV · The Family
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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 · The Family
Ephesians 6
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"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),Read from KJV · The Family