Ephesians 1:1-2 Blue Bible pg 1241

Ephesians 1:1-2 Blue Bible pg 1241

3 Stops on this Bus Route… 1. How? 2. Why 3. Apply

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from

Ephesians 1:1–2ESV

God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:1–2ESV

24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent

2 Corinthians 11:24–29ESV

journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger

2 Corinthians 11:24–29ESV

From false brothers; 27 in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. 28 And, apart from other things, there

2 Corinthians 11:24–29ESV

is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?

2 Corinthians 11:24–29ESV

4 …He chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be 1. holy and 2. blameless before him.

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In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will (1:1).

Ephesians 1:4–6ESV

3 … spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.

Ephesians 1:3b–5ESV

In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.

Ephesians 1:3b–5ESV

3 How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him.

Ephesians 1:3 (The Message)