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Who wrote it? 1

Paul, an apostle 1
Simon Peter, a 1
Paul, an apostle 1
Peter, an apostle
of Christ Jesus by servant and of Christ Jesus by of Jesus Christ
the will of God apostle of Jesus the will of God
Christ
Who writing to? To the holy and To those who through To the saints in To God's elect,
faithful brothers the righteousness of Ephesus, the strangers in the
in Christ at our God and Savior faithful in Christ world… who have
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Colosse Jesus Christ have Jesus: been chosen

received a faith as according to the
precious as ours foreknowledge of
God the Father,
through the
sanctifying work
of the Spirit, for
obedience to
Jesus Christ and
sprinkling by his
blood:
What do they give Grace and peace Grace and peace 2
Grace and peace Grace and peace
them at the opening? to you from God be yours in to you from God be yours in
our Father abundance our Father and abundance.
through the the Lord Jesus
knowledge of Christ.
God and of Jesus
our Lord.
What kind of hope do the hope that is Through these he 3
Praise be to the 3
Praise be to the
we have? stored up for you has given us his God and Father God and Father
in heaven and very great and of our Lord Jesus of our Lord Jesus
that you have precious Christ, who has Christ! In his
already heard promises, so that blessed us in the great mercy he
about in the word through them heavenly realms has given us new
of truth, the you may with every birth into a living
gospel participate in the spiritual blessing hope through the
divine nature and in Christ. resurrection of
escape the Jesus Christ from
corruption in the the dead, and
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world caused by into an

evil desires inheritance that
can never perish,
spoil or fade—
kept in heaven
for you,
Is knowledge needed? 9
For this reason, His divine power
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I keep asking
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Concerning this
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since the day we has given us that the God of salvation, the
heard about you, everything we our Lord Jesus prophets, who
we have not need for life and Christ, the spoke of the
stopped praying godliness through glorious Father, grace that was to
for you and our knowledge of may give you the come to you,
asking God to fill him who called Spirit[f] of wisdom searched intently
you with the us by his own and revelation, and with the
knowledge of his glory and so that you may greatest care,
will through all goodness. know him better. trying to find out
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spiritual wisdom the time and

 and circumstances to
understanding. which the Spirit
of Christ in them
was pointing
when he
predicted the
sufferings of
Christ and the
glories that would
follow.
Why? in order that you 8
For if you Having believed, 14
As obedient
may live a life possess these you were marked children, do not
worthy of the qualities in in him with a conform to the
Lord and may increasing seal, the evil desires you
please him in measure, they promised Holy had when you
every way: will keep you Spirit, who is a
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lived in
bearing fruit in from being deposit ignorance. But
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every good work, ineffective and guaranteeing our just as he who

growing in the unproductive in inheritance until called you is holy,
knowledge of your knowledge the redemption so be holy in all
God, of our Lord Jesus of those who are you do; for it is
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Christ. God's possession written: "Be holy,

—to the praise of because I am
his glory. holy."
What does that 13
For he has 9
But if anyone 7
In him we have 18
For you know
knowledge teach us? rescued us from does not have redemption that it was not
the dominion of them, he is through his with perishable
darkness and nearsighted and blood, the things such as
brought us into blind, and has forgiveness of silver or gold that
the kingdom of forgotten that he sins, in you were
the Son he loves, has been accordance with redeemed from
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in whom we cleansed from his the riches of the empty way of
have redemption, past sins. God's grace life handed down
[e]
the forgiveness to you from your
of sins. forefathers, but 19

with the precious

blood of Christ, a
lamb without
blemish or
defect.
What are we to do But now he has Therefore, my 4
For he chose us 22
Now that you
with this knowledge? reconciled you by brothers, be all in him before the have purified
Christ's physical the more eager creation of the yourselves by
body through to make your world to be holy obeying the truth
death to present calling and and blameless in so that you have
you holy in his election sure. For his sight. In love sincere love for
sight, without if you do these 5
he predestined your brothers,
blemish and free things, you will us to be adopted love one another
from accusation never fall, and
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as his sons deeply, from the
— if you
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you will receive a through Jesus heart.[b] For you
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continue in your rich welcome into Christ, in have been born

faith, established the eternal accordance with again, not of
and firm, not kingdom of our his pleasure and perishable seed,
moved from the Lord and Savior will— but of
 hope held out in Jesus Christ. imperishable,
the gospel. through the living
and enduring
word of God.
What’s are Paul and 25
I have become So I will always
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For this reason,
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but the word of
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Peter’s purposes? its servant by the remind you of ever since I heard the Lord stands
commission God these things, about your faith forever."[c] And
gave me to even though you in the Lord Jesus this is the word
present to you know them and and your love for that was
the word of God are firmly all the saints, I
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preached to you.
in its fullness established in the have not stopped
truth you now giving thanks for
have. And I will
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you,
make every effort remembering you
to see that after in my prayers.
my departure
you will always
be able to
remember these
things.
How are honor and To them God
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For he received
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the hope to Therefore,
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glory passed along? has chosen to honor and glory which he has prepare your
make known from God the called you, the minds for action;
among the Father when the riches of his be self-
Gentiles the voice came to glorious controlled; set
glorious riches of him from the inheritance in the your hope fully
this mystery, Majestic Glory, saints And God
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on the grace to
which is Christ in saying, "This is placed all things be given you
you, the hope of my Son, whom I under his feet when Jesus Christ
glory. love; with him I and appointed is revealed.
am well pleased." him to be head
over everything
for the church,
which is his
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body, the fullness

of him who fills
everything in
every way.