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Ephesians 1:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him. "
Ephesians 1:10
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8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.
11 We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,
12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.
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Ephesians 1:1
"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:"
Ephesians 1:2
"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
Ephesians 1:3
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,"
Ephesians 1:4
"even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,"
Ephesians 1:5
"having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,"
Ephesians 1:6
"to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved."
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