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Ephesians · read by Keith Malcomson
66 verses, in order. Only the verses Keith read aloud are shown.
Ephesians 1
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:Read from KJV · The Centrality of Christ in Eternity Past
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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · The Centrality of Christ in Eternity Past
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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 · The Centrality of Christ in Eternity Past
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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 · The Centrality of Christ in Eternity Past
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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 KJV · The Centrality of Christ in Eternity Past
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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 Centrality of Christ in Eternity Past
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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 Centrality of Christ in Eternity Past
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that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.Read from KJV · The Centrality of Christ in Eternity Future
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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 Centrality of Christ in Eternity Future
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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 KJV · The Centrality of Christ in Eternity Past
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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 Centrality of Christ in Eternity Future
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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 Centrality of Christ in Eternity Past
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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 Centrality of Christ in Eternity Past
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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 Centrality of Christ in Eternity Future
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And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,Read from KJV · The Centrality of Christ in the Church
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 · A Holy Church
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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 · A Holy Church
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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 · The Believer's Position and Promises In Christ
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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 KJV · A Holy Church
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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 KJV · A Holy Church
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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 KJV · The Centrality of Christ in Israel
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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 · The Centrality of Christ in the Church
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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 Centrality of Christ in the Church
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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 · The Centrality of Christ in the Church
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He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.Read from KJV · The Centrality of Christ in the Church
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For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.Read from KJV · The Centrality of Christ in the Church
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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 KJV · The Centrality of Christ in the Church
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 · Little in Thine Own Sight
Ephesians 4
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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 KJV · A Shepherd's Heart
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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 KJV · Taking the Ground of the New Man
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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 · The Centrality of Christ in the Christian Life
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and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.Read from KJV · Taking the Ground of the New Man
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"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set upon your anger,Read from KJV · The Cross, the Conflict, and the Cost
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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 · The Centrality of Christ in Eternity Future
Ephesians 5
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Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.Read from KJV · The Centrality of Christ in the Family
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Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.Read from KJV · Common Enemies of the Marriage Covenant - 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 KJV · The Centrality of Christ in the Family
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for herRead from KJV · The Centrality of Christ in the Family
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to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,Read from KJV · The Centrality of Christ in the Family
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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 · The Centrality of Christ in the Family
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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 Centrality of Christ in 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 Centrality of Christ in 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 Centrality of Christ in the Family
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This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.Read from NKJV · Providence & the Kinsman Redeemer
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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 Centrality of Christ in the Family
Ephesians 6
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Read from ESV · The Centrality of Christ in the Family
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"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),Read from KJV · The Centrality of Christ in 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 KJV · The Centrality of Christ in the 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 KJV · The Centrality of Christ in the 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 KJV · Faithful in Little Things
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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 · Common Enemies of the Marriage Covenant - Part 1
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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 · Fasting And Spiritual Warfare
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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 KJV · The Armour Of Light
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Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,Read from KJV · The Armour Of Light
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and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.Read from KJV · The Armour Of Light
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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 KJV · The Armour Of Light
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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 · The Armour Of Light