{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Ephesians",
 "chapter": 1,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:"
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:"
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,"
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;"
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;"
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:"
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:"
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:"
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,"
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;"
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:"
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,"
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,"
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,"
  },
  {
   "v": 21,
   "t": "Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:"
  },
  {
   "v": 22,
   "t": "And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,"
  },
  {
   "v": 23,
   "t": "Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all."
  }
 ],
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 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}