Ephesians 1b
Faithful | In Christ | 1 |
Blessed us | In every spiritual blessingIn the heavenliesIn Christ | 3 |
Chosen to be holy and blameless | In love | 4 |
Graced us with glorious grace | In the beloved | 6 |
We have redemption | In whom (the beloved) | 7 |
Mystery of his will according to his pleasure which he purposed | In him | 9 |
Summing up all things | In Christ | 10 |
We have obtained an inheritance | In him | 11 |
Hope | In Christ | 12 |
We have heard the word of truth, the gospel | In him | 13a |
You have believed and were sealed | In him | 13b |
Doctrine touched on
Spiritual gifts 1
God’s will 1,5, 9
Our position – in Christ (repeatedly)
Our blessings from God 3
Trinity (Father 2,3 , Son/Christ 4:13, Spirit 13)
Our blessings
He has chosen us (4)
Predestined us to adoption (5)
Graced us (6)
We have redemption (7a)
Forgiveness of sins (7b)
According to the riches of his grace toward us (7c)
Made known to us the mystery of his will (9)
He purposed his good pleasure in us (9b)
Summed up all things in Christ (10)
Assures us that all things are working toward a purpose, namely Christ.
See Col 1, all things were made by him and for him.
We have an inheritance (11)
We have heard the word (13a)
We have believed (13b)
We have been sealed (13c)