To: ALL WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR
From; GOD THE FATHER, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
HIS SON and Ministered through the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, The Helper,
that He may be with you forever. [John 14:16]
Subject: MY WORD
Ephesians 1:1–12 (The Living Bible) 1 Dear Christian friends at Ephesus, ever loyal to the Lord: This is
Paul writing to you, chosen by God to be Jesus Christ’s messenger. 2
May his blessings and peace be yours, sent to you from God our Father and Jesus
Christ our Lord. 3 How we praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who has blessed us with every blessing in heaven because we belong to
Christ. 4 Long ago, even
before he made the world, God chose us to be his very own through what Christ
would do for us; he decided then to make us holy in his eyes, without a single
fault—we who stand before him covered with his love. 5 His
unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by sending
Jesus Christ to die for us. And he did this because he wanted to! 6
Now all praise to God for his wonderful kindness to us and his favor that he
has poured out upon us because we belong to his dearly loved Son. 7 So
overflowing is his kindness toward us that he took away all our sins through
the blood of his Son, by whom we are saved; 8 and he has showered
down upon us the richness of his grace—for how well he understands us and knows
what is best for us at all times. 9 God has told us his secret
reason for sending Christ, a plan he decided on in mercy long ago; 10
and this was his purpose: that when the time is ripe he will gather us all
together from wherever we are—in heaven or on earth—to be with him in Christ
forever. 11 Moreover, because of what Christ has done, we have
become gifts to God that he delights in, for as part of God’s sovereign plan we
were chosen from the beginning to be his, and all things happen just as he
decided long ago. 12 God’s
purpose in this was that we should praise God and give glory to him for doing
these mighty things for us, who were the first to trust in Christ.
Ephesians 1:13–14 (AMP) 13 In Him you also who have heard the Word of Truth, the
glad tidings (Gospel) of your salvation, and have believed in and
adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with the seal of the
long-promised Holy Spirit. 14 That [Spirit] is the guarantee of
our inheritance [the firstfruits, the pledge and foretaste, the down payment on
our heritage], in anticipation of its full redemption and our acquiring
[complete] possession of it—to the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:13–14 (ESV) 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of
your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 who is the guarantee of
our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:18–23 (The Living Bible) 18 I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can
see something of the future he has called you to share. I want you to realize
that God has been made rich because we who are Christ’s have been given to him!
19 I pray that you will begin
to understand how incredibly great his power is to help those who believe him.
It is that same mighty power 20 that raised Christ from the dead and
seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in heaven, 21
far, far above any other king or ruler or dictator or leader. Yes, his honor is
far more glorious than that of anyone else either in this world or in the world
to come. 22 And God has put all things under his feet and made him
the supreme Head of the Church—23 which is his body, filled with
himself, the Author and Giver of everything everywhere.
Ephesians 2:1–10 (NKJV) 1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in
the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted
ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of
the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. 4
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved
us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together
with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us
up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in
Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding
riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through
faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not
of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we
should walk in them.
[Please
Note: Always Read the Word of God in
Context, reading the entire chapter or book, asking the Holy Spirit of the
Living God to give you the interpretation.
2 Peter 1:16–21
(Williams) 16 For it was not mere stories of fancy
that we followed when we told you of the power and coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For when He
received such honor and glory from God the Father, when from the majestic glory
there was borne to Him a voice like this, “This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom
I take delight.” 18 we heard this voice ourselves borne from heaven
while we were with Him on that sacred mountain. 19 So we have the
message of the prophets more certainly guaranteed. Please pay attention to this message as to a
lamp that is shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning
star rises in your hearts; 20 because you recognize this truth above
all else, that no prophecy in Scripture
is to be interpreted by one’s own mind, 21 for no prophecy has
ever yet originated in man’s will, but men who were led by the Holy Spirit
spoke from God.]
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