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Ephesians · read by John Piper
53 verses, in order. Only the verses John 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 · Living by Faith in Future Grace - Lesson 2
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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 ESV · A Peculiar Act of Worship
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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 ESV · Is God for Us or for Himself?
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And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,Read from NASB1995 · Biblical Eldership - Lesson 1
Ephesians 2
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And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,Read from ESV · Judas Iscariot, the Suicide of Satan, and the Salvation of the World
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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 ESV · How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners？
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But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,Read from ESV · Beholding Glory and Becoming Whole
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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 ESV · How Does Humility Lead in Conflict
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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 · Christ Died to Make Us Holy And Why Some Preachers Avoid It
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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 ESV · (Biographies) Charles Simeon
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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 ESV · God Raised Your Great Shepherd From the Dead
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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 NASB1995 · Biblical Eldership - Lesson 1
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.Read from ESV · Biblical Eldership - Lesson 1
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In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.Read from NASB1995 · Biblical Eldership - Lesson 1
Ephesians 3
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In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,Read from ESV · Six Reasons to Read the Bible Daily
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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 ESV · Let the Nations Be Glad - Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Biblical Eldership - Lesson 1
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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 NASB1995 · Biblical Eldership - Lesson 1
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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 NASB1995 · Biblical Eldership - Lesson 1
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from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.Read from ESV · That Which Is Born of the Spirit Is Spirit
Ephesians 4
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with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,Read from KJV · For Our People and for the Cities of God
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to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,Read from NASB1995 · Biblical Eldership - Lesson 1
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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 NASB1995 · Biblical Eldership - Lesson 1
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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 ESV · Jesus Is Precious Because He Gives Eternal Life
Ephesians 5
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Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,Read from ESV · Marriage Is Meant for Making Children Disciples of Jesus, Part 2
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Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,Read from ESV · Jesus Is Precious as the Foundation of the Family
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Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.Read from ESV · 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 ESV · Jesus Is Precious as the Foundation of the Family
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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 NASB1995 · Gravity and Gladness on Sunday Morning - Lesson 1b
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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from NASB1995 · Gravity and Gladness on Sunday Morning - Lesson 1b
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Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.Read from NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2b
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Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.Read from ESV · Lionhearted and Lamblike the Christian Husband as Head, Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2b
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Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.Read from NASB1995 · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2b
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for herRead from ESV · Marriage Is Meant for Making Children Disciples of Jesus, Part 1
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to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,Read from ESV · Sexual Complementarity - Lesson 2b
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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 ESV · Lionhearted and Lamblike the Christian Husband as Head, Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Biblical Eldership - Lesson 1
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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 ESV · Lionhearted and Lamblike the Christian Husband as Head, Part 1
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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 · Jesus Is Precious as the Foundation of the Family
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This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.Read from ESV · Marriage God's Showcase of Covenant Keeping Grace
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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 ESV · Jesus Is Precious as the Foundation of the Family
Ephesians 6
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Read from ESV · Fathers, Bring Them Up in the Discipline and Instruction of the Lord
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"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),Read from ESV · Jesus Is Precious as the Foundation of the 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 ESV · Fathers, Bring Them Up in the Discipline and Instruction of the Lord
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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 ESV · The Present Effects of Trembling at the Wrath of God
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Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.Read from ESV · For Our People and for the Cities of God
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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 · For Our People and for the Cities of God
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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 ESV · Creation Is Groaning
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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 · Creation Is Groaning