Prov. xiv. 14.

Job iv. 8.

Ecc. ix. 10.

2 Cor. xii. 7. Phil. iii. 3.

Gal. ii. 20.

2 Cor. v. 17.

Psa. cxxv. 5.

2 Tim. iv. 22.

to himself only and not to his neighbour. For 5 every one will have his own load to bear.

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Let him who is taught in the word communicate in all good things unto him who teacheth. Be not deceived; GOD is not mocked; for, 7 whatsoever a man soweth that will he also reap. For he who soweth to his flesh, will of the flesh reap corruption; but he who soweth to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Therefore, 10 as we may have opportunity, let us do good to all, but especially to those who are of the household of faith.

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SEE in what large characters I have written II to you with my own hand. As many as desire 12 to make a fair show in the flesh, would compel you to be circumcised, but it is only lest ye should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not 13 keep the Law; but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh.

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the 14 cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, while I am crucified to the world. For neither circum- 15 cision nor uncircumcision, but only a new creation, is of any moment. And as many as walk 16 by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, even upon the Israel of GOD.

Henceforth let no one trouble me; for I bear 17 in my body the marks of Jesus.

Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 18 with your spirit. Amen.

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THE EPISTLE TO THE

EPHESIANS

an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will

of GOD, to the saints who are in Ephesus (a) Rom. i. 7.

2 and are faithful in Christ Jesus. Grace and
peace be to you from GoD our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.

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BLESSED be the GoD and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; He who blessed us with all spiritual 4 blessings in the heavenly places in Christ; according as He chose us in him before the founda

tion of the world, that we should be holy and Luke i. 75.
5 without spot in his sight; having predestined us
in love to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ

6 to Himself, according to the good pleasure of 1 Pet. ii. 9.
His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace,
which He bestowed graciously on us in the Be-
7 loved; in whom we have our redemption through
his blood, even the forgiveness of sins, accord-
8 ing to the riches of God's grace; wherein He
abounded towards us in all wisdom and pru-
9 dence, in making known to us the mystery of

His will, according to His good pleasure which 2 Tim. i. 9. 10 He purposed in him; with a view to the dis

pensation of the fulness of the seasons, to gather into one in Christ all things, the things in heaven II and the things on earth; even in him, in whom

also we obtained an inheritance, having been Acts xx. 22. predestined according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things according to the counsel 12 of His own will; that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who before had hoped in Christ.

13 In whom ye also, having heard the word of Rom. x. 17. truth, the gospel of your salvation, and having believed in him, were sealed with the Holy

(a) The two most ancient MSS., the Codex Sinaiticus and the Codex Vaticanus, omit": in Ephesus."

2 Cor. v. 5.

John xx. 17.

Acts ii. 24.

Psa. viii. 6.

Eph. ii. 5.

I Pet. iv. 3.

John v. 24.
Rom. iii. 24.

Rom. iv. 16.

Spirit of promise, who is the earnest of our in- 14 heritance unto the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

Wherefore I also, having heard of your faith 15 in the Lord Jesus and your love to all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making men- 16 tion of you in my prayers, that the GOD of our 17 Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Himself; so that, the eyes of your 18 heart being enlightened, ye may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and 19 what His exceedingly mighty power towards us who believe, according to that working of the strength of His might, which He hath wrought 20 in Christ, in raising him from the dead, and setting him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, far above every principality and power, 21 and might and dominion, and every name which is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come; and He put all things in sub- 22 jection under his feet; and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, 23 the fulness of him who filleth all with all.

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AND GOD made alive you who were dead through your trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this age, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit which now worketh in the children of disobedience; among whom also we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest; GOD, I say, being rich in mercy, because of His great love wherewith He loved us, made us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, alive together with Christ-by grace ye have been saved-and raised us together, and seated us together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus; that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in lovingkindness towards us in Christ Jesus. For by 8 grace ye were saved through faith; and that not of yourselves-it is the gift of GOD-not of 9

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For we are

His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto Eph. i. 4.
good works, which GOD prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them.

WHEREFORE remember that once ye, the Gen-
tiles in the flesh-called Uncircumcision by that
which is called the Circumcision, made by hands
12 in the flesh-that ye were at that time without
Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of
Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the
promise, having no hope, and without GOD (a);
13 in the world; but now in Christ Jesus ye, who at Heb. ix. 12.
one time were afar off, have been brought nigh
14 by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, he

who made both one, and broke down the middle15 wall of partition, having in his flesh put an end Col. ii. 14. to the enmity, even the law of commandments in ordinances; that he might create in himself, 16 of the two, one new man, so making peace; and might reconcile both unto GoD in one body through the cross, having slain thereby the Isa. lvii. 19. 17 enmity; and he came and preached glad tidings

of peace to you who were afar off, and peace to

18 those who were nigh. For through him we both Heb. xii. 22.
have our introduction by one Spirit to the
Father.

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Now therefore ye are no longer strangers and
sojourners, but are fellow-citizens with the
20 saints, and of the household of GOD; being built 1 Cor. iii. 9.
upon the foundation of the apostles and pro-
phets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner-

21 stone; in whom fitly framed together, each
building groweth unto a sanctuary holy in the

22 Lord; in whom ye also are being built together, 1 Pet. ii. 4.
in the Spirit, for a habitation of GOD.

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FOR this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus

2 Christ for you Gentiles; if indeed ye have heard Rom. xii. 3.
of the dispensation of the grace of GOD which is
3 given me towards you; how that by revelation
4 was made known to me the mystery (b); as I
have already written briefly, whereby when ye

Matt. xiii. 17.

Eph. i. 19.

Heb. iv. 16.

Phil. iv. 19.

read ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it now hath been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel; whereof I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of GoD bestowed on me according to the working of His power.

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To me who am less than the least of all saints was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; and to enlighten them as to the dispensation of the mystery which, throughout the ages, has been hidden in GOD who created all things; to the in- 10 tent that now through the church the manifold wisdom of GOD might be made known to the principalities and rulers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He pur- 11 posed in Christ Jesus our Lord; in whom we 12 have our freedom and our introduction with confidence, through our faith in him.

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my 13 tribulations for you, which are your glory.

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father, 14 from whom every family (a) in heaven and on 15 earth is named, that He would grant you, ac- 16 cording to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; 17 that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may 18 be able to comprehend with all saints what are the breadth, and length, and height, and depth, and to know the love of Christ, which passeth 19 knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of GOD.

Now, to Him who is able to do in exceeding 20 abundance above all that we ask or think, according to the power which worketh in us, to 21 Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations, for ever.

(a) Or race.

Amen.