Spiritual Blessings in Christ

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Praised be Adonai, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who in the Messiah has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heaven.

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In the Messiah he chose us in love before the creation of the universe to be holy and without defect in his presence.

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He determined in advance that through Yeshua the Messiah we would be his sons — in keeping with his pleasure and purpose —

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so that we would bring him praise commensurate with the glory of the grace he gave us through the Beloved One.

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In union with him, through the shedding of his blood, we are set free — our sins are forgiven; this accords with the wealth of the grace

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he has lavished on us. In all his wisdom and insight

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he has made known to us his secret plan, which by his own will he designed beforehand in connection with the Messiah

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and will put into effect when the time is ripe — his plan to place everything in heaven and on earth under the Messiah’s headship.