Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ; according as he has chosen us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love; having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved: Ephesians 1:3-6
Giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints in light, Colossians 1:12
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Ephesians 2:4,7, Colossians 1:12Blest Father, in Thy wondrous grace
Galatians 5:13, Galatians 2:4We have our liberty
Ephesians 1:3-5, Galatians 2:6To be before Thee with Thy Son,
Ephesians 1:3-6, Luke 15:22Clothed in the worth of that blest One
John 17:22, Ephesians 3:19Whose love secured our place.
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Ephesians 1:11-13, Ephesians 3:18To bring to pass Thy counsels wise,
Mark 10:45, Matthew 20:28As Man He came to die,
Luke 24:26, Hebrews 2:9Thine answer to His suffering love,
Luke 24:26, Hebrews 2:9Christ now in glory is above,
1 Peter 2:9, Ephesians 2:18Through Him our praises rise.
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Ephesians 5:20, Colossians 1:12O Father, how we love to raise
Ephesians 5:20, Colossians 3:16To Thee our joyful song!
Ephesians 3:19, Hebrews 1:3So perfectly has He expressed
Ephesians 3:19, Ephesians 1:19Thyself in all Thy fulness blest,
Ephesians 5:19,20, Psalms 150:1-6Our hearts well forth in praise.
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Colossians 3:17, Colossians 1:12We worship Thee, blest Father Thou,
Colossians 1:12, John 20:17And magnify Thy Name;
Ephesians 3:21, Acts 7:55Thy glory fills our willing hearts,
Romans 8:15,16, Galatians 4:6The Spirit sonship's joy imparts,
Ephesians 3:14, Isaiah 45:23As we before The bow.