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Ephesians · read by William MacDonald
138 verses, in order. Only the verses William 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 · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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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 · Blessings From Calvary
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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 · Blessings From Calvary
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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 · All Spiritual Blessings
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that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 1
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 1
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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 Attributes of God - Part 3
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 1
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 1
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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 · Holy Spirit 3
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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 · Psalm 16 the Resurrection
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I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,Read from NKJV · Psalm 16 the Resurrection
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - 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 NKJV · Psalm 16 the Resurrection
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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 · Psalm 16 the Resurrection
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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 · The Attributes of God - Part 5
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far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.Read from NKJV · Cincinatti Missions 1993 Conference Commitment to the Assembly
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And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,Read from KJV · Importance of the Assembly
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which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.Read from ESV · Cincinatti Missions 1993 Conference Commitment to the Assembly
Ephesians 2
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And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,Read from NKJV · Calvary Chapel Modesto, Ca 1 2 of 3
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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 · Calvary Chapel Modesto, Ca 1 2 of 3
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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 · Calvary Chapel Modesto, Ca 1 2 of 3
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But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,Read from NKJV · Ephesians Chapter 2 - Part 1
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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 Chapter 2 - Part 1
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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 · Appropiating the Word
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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 Chapter 2 - Part 1
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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 · Fundamentals of the Gospel
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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 · Lake Geneva Bible Conference 1984-03 Romans 2:1-16
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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 · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 2
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 2
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 2
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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 · The Local Church 2 - Part 2
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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 · The Local Church 2 - Part 2
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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 · The Local Church 2 - Part 2
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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 · The Local Church 2 - Part 2
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For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.Read from NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 2
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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 Local Church 2 - Part 2
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.Read from NKJV · The Local Church 2 - Part 2
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In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 2
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 2
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 · Gwh-Ladies Missionary Seminar-1985 Verses to Cope With Crises
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Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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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 · The Assembly Incomplete Message
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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 · Conference for Missionaries-1988- Discipleship - Part 2
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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 · Importance of the Assembly
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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 · Cincinatti Missions 1993 Conference Commitment to the Assembly
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according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.Read from KJV · Christ Loved the Church
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In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God's presence with boldness and confidence.Read from KJV · Christ Loved the Church
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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 · Christ Loved the Church
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... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depthRead from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 3
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 KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 4
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with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 4
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and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.Read from NKJV · Christ Loved the Church
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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 · The Local Church 1 - Part 1
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one Lord, one faith, one baptism;Read from ESV · Cincinatti Missions 1993 Conference Commitment to the Assembly
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one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.Read from NKJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 4
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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 · Christ Loved the Church
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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 · Cincinatti Missions 1993 Conference Commitment to the Assembly
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What does "He ascended" mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?Read from KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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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 · The New Testament Assembly Know What You Believe
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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 · How to Discover Your Gift
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to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,Read from KJV · A Manual for Prayer - Part 2
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 4
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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 · 7 Principles of n.t.church - Part 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 KJV · Christ Loved the Church
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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 · The Local Church 2 - Part 6
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set upon your anger,Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 ESV · Holy Spirit 9
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Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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 · Principles of Giving
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · A Manual for Prayer - 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 NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 2
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for herRead from KJV · Holy Spirit 2
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to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,Read from KJV · Horton Haven Labor Day Retreat-08 Those for Whom Christ Died
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.Read from NKJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
Ephesians 6
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"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Psalm 32:9
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Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,Read from NKJV · Spiritual Insights 06 Acts 10:38
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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 · Psalm 32:9
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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 KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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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 KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Read from NASB1995 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5
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Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.Read from KJV · Studies in Ephesians - Part 5