Romans 10:13 

"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." 


Bible Reference
(The verses on this page correlate with the verses on the What We Believe page)


Genesis

Deuteronomy

Job

Isaiah

Zechariah

Matthew

Mark

Luke 

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

2 John

Jude

Revelation

What We Believe

 

The New American Standard Bible

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Genesis

1:26 
Then God said, "Let Us  make man  in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky  and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

1:27

God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male  and female He created them.

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Deuteronomy

 6:4

"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD  is one! 

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Job 

1:6

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

1:7

The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it."

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Isaiah 

14:12

"How you have fallen  from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!

14:13

"But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend  to heaven; I will raise  my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north.

14:14

'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.' 

14:15

"Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit.  

14:16

"Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponder over you, {saying,} 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,

14:17

Who made the world like a wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who did  not allow his prisoners to {go} home?'

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Zechariah 

14:4

In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split  in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.

14:5

You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake  in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then  the LORD, my God, will come, {and} all the holy ones with Him!

14:6

In that day there will be no  light; the luminaries  will dwindle.  

14:7

For it will be a  unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening  time there will be light.

14:8

And in that day living  waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.

14:9

And the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD will be {the only} one, and His name {the only} one.

14:10

All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba  to Rimmon  south of Jerusalem; but Jerusalem  will rise and remain on its site from Benjamin's  Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner  Gate, and from the Tower  of Hananel to the king's wine presses.

14:11

People will live in it, and there will no  longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will dwell  in security.

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Matthew 

4:2

And after He had fasted  forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry.  

4:3

And the  tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son  of God, command that these stones become bread."

4:4

But He answered and said, "It  is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.' "

4:5

Then the devil *took Him into the  holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,  

4:6

and *said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, 'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU'; and 'ON {their} HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.' "

4:7

Jesus said to him, "On  the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.' "

4:8

Again,  the devil *took Him to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;

4:9

and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship  me."  

4:10

Then Jesus *said to him, "Go,  Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE  HIM ONLY.' "

4:11

Then the devil *left Him; and behold, angels  came and {began} to minister to Him.  

Matthew 5:18

"For truly I say to you, until  heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Matthew 25:41

"Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal  fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;

25:42

for  I was hungry, and you gave Me {nothing} to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;  

25:43

I  was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'

25:44

"Then  they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take  care of You?'

25:45

"Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'

25:46

"These  will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal  life."  

Matthew 28:19

"Go  therefore and make  disciples of all the nations, baptizing  them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

28:20

teaching  them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I  am with you always, even to the  end of the age."

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Mark 

16:15

And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 

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Luke 

1:35

The angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the  Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy  Child shall be called the  Son of God.

Luke 16:19

"Now  there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

16:20

"And  a poor man named Lazarus was  laid at his gate, covered with sores,  

16:21

and  longing to be fed with the {crumbs} which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

16:22

"Now  the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's  bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

16:23

"In Hades  he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.

16:24

"And  he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this  flame.'

16:25

"But  Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during  your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.

16:26

'And  besides  all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and {that} none may cross over from there to us.'

 Luke 23:43

And He said to him, "Truly  I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise." 

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John 

1:1

In  the beginning was the  Word, and the Word was with God, and the  Word was God.  

1:2

He  was in the beginning with God.

  1:12

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, {even} to  those who believe in His name,

1:14

And the  Word became  flesh, and dwelt among us, and we  saw His glory, glory as of the  only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

1:17

For the  Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.  

John 5:28

"Do not marvel at this; for an  hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,  

5:29

and will come forth; those  who did the good {deeds} to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil {deeds} to a resurrection of judgment.

 John 6:37

"All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.

6:38

"For have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent  Me.  

6:39

"This  is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose  nothing, but raise  it up on the last day.

6:40

"For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes  in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise  him up on the last day."

John 10:27

"My sheep hear  My voice, and I  know them, and they follow Me;  

10:28

and  I give eternal  life to them, and they will never perish; and no  one will snatch them out of My hand.

10:29

"My  Father, who has given {them} to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch {them} out of the Father's hand.

10:30

"I  and the Father are one." 

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, "I  am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,  

11:26

and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"  

John 15:7

"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.  

 John 16:8

"And  He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;  

16:9

concerning  sin, because  they do not believe in Me;  

16:10

and  concerning righteousness,  because I  go to the Father and you no longer see Me;  

16:11

and  concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

 16:12

"I R have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear {them} now.  

16:13

"But  when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide  you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come

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Acts

 1:8

but you will receive power when  the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My  witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,  and even to the  remotest part of the earth."

1:9

And after He had said these things, He  was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

1:10

And as they were gazing intently into the  sky while He was going, behold, two  men in white clothing stood beside them.

Acts 2:41

So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.

2:42

They were continually  devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the  breaking of bread and to prayer

Acts 13:1

Now there were at Antioch,  in the church  that was {there,} prophets  and teachers:  Barnabas,  and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene,  and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod  the tetrarch, and Saul.

13:2

While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the  Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas  and Saul for the  work to which I have called them."

13:3

Then, when they had fasted and prayed  and laid  their hands on them, they sent them away.  

13:4

So, being sent  out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

Acts 14:27

When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they {began} to report  all things that God had done with them and how  He had opened a door  of faith to the Gentiles.

 Acts 15:19

"Therefore it is my  judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

15:20

but that we write to them that they abstain from things  contaminated by idols and from fornication  and from what  is strangled and from blood.

15:21

"For Moses  from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he  is read in the synagogues every Sabbath."

15:22

Then it seemed good to the  apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to Antioch  with Paul and Barnabas--Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas,  leading men among the brethren,

15:23

and they sent this letter by them, "The apostles and the brethren who are elders, to the  brethren in Antioch and Syria  and Cilicia who are from the Gentiles, greetings. 

15:30

So when they were sent away, they  went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation  together, they delivered the letter.

15:31

When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

18:8

Crispus,  the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with  all his household, and many of the Corinthians  when they heard were believing and being baptized.

Acts 20:17

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus  and called to him the elders of the church.  

 20:28

"Be on guard for yourselves and for all the  flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the  church of God which He  purchased  with His own blood.

20:29

"I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;  

20:30

and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. 

20:31

"Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears. 

20:32

"And now I commend  you to God and to the  word of His grace, which is able to build {you} up and to give {you} the  inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 

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Romans 

Romans 3:10

as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; 

3:11

THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;  

3:22

even {the} righteousness  of God through faith  in  Jesus Christ for all  those who  believe; for there  is no distinction;

3:23

for all have  sinned and fall short of the glory of God,  

 3:24

being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;  

3:25

whom God displayed publicly as a  propitiation  in His blood through faith. {This was} to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed  over the sins previously committed;

Romans 4:25

{He} who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised  because of our justification.

Romans 5:12

Therefore, just as through one  man sin entered into the world, and death  through sin, and so  death spread to all men, because all sinned--

Romans 6:13

and do not go on presenting  the  members of your body to sin {as} instruments  of unrighteousness; but present  yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members {as} instruments  of righteousness to God.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal  life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 Romans 8:1

Therefore there is now no condemnation  for those who are in  Christ  Jesus.  

8:9

However, you are not in  the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells  in you. But if  anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

8:12

So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh--  

8:13

for if  you are living according to the flesh, you must  die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

8:34

who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died,  yes, rather who was raised,  who is at  the right hand of God, who also intercedes  for us.

8:38

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels,  nor principalities, nor things  present, nor things to come, nor powers,

8:39

nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the  love of God, which is in  Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 12:1

Therefore urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present  your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable  to God, {which is} your spiritual  service of worship.

12:2

And do not be  conformed to this  world,  but be transformed by the renewing  of your mind, so that you may prove  what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable  and perfect.

Romans 13:13

Let us behave  properly as in the day, not  in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.

13:14

But put  on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in  regard to {its} lusts.  

Romans 14:13

Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this--not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way.

Romans 16:1

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant  of the church which is at Cenchrea;   

16:4

who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;

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 1 Corinthians

 1:4

I  thank my  God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,  

1:5

that in everything you were enriched  in Him, in all speech and all  knowledge,  

1:6

even as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you,  

1:7

so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,  

1:8

who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.  

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God's fellow  workers; you are God's field,  God's building. 

3:16

Do you not know that you are a temple of God and {that} the Spirit of God dwells in you?  

1 Corinthians 5:4

In  the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I  with you in spirit, with  the power of our Lord Jesus,

5:5

{I have decided} to deliver  such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the  day of the Lord Jesus. 

5:6

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump {of dough?}  

5:7

Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are {in fact} unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed.

5:13

But those who are outside, God judges.  REMOVE  THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES.

1 Corinthians 9:18

What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not  to make full use of my right in the gospel.

1 Corinthians 11:23

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the  Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;

11:24

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."

11:25

In the same way {He took} the  cup also after supper, saying, "This  cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink {it,} in remembrance of Me."

11:26

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until  He comes.  

 1 Corinthians 12:4

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.  

12:5

And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.  

12:6

There are varieties of effects, but the same God  who works all things in all {persons.}  

12:7

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for  the common good.  

12:8

For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge  according to the same Spirit;

12:9

to another faith  by  the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing  by  the one Spirit,  

12:10

and to another the effecting  of miracles,  and to another prophecy,  and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another {various} kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation 3 of tongues.

12:11

But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing  to each one individually just as He wills.

12:12

For even as  the body is one and {yet} has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.

12:13

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

12:14

For the  body is not one member, but many. 

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2 Corinthians 

3:6

who also made us adequate {as} servants of a new  covenant, not of the  letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the  Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 5:8

we are of good courage, I say, and prefer  rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

5:19

namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed  to us the word of reconciliation.

5:20

Therefore, we are ambassadors  for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled  to God.

 2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be bound  together with unbelievers;  for what partnership  have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?

6:15

Or what harmony  has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer  in common with an unbeliever? 

6:16

Or what  agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the  temple of the  living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL  IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

6:17

"Therefore, COME  OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you.

6:18

"And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons  and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty.  

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed  you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you {as} a pure virgin.

2 Corinthians 12:12

The signs of  a true apostle were performed among you with all perseverance, by signs  and wonders and miracles.

2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

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Galatians 

3:13

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A  TREE"

3:14

in order that in  Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come  to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the  promise of the Spirit through faith.

3:15

Brethren,  speak in  terms of human relations: even  though it is {only} a man's covenant,  yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions  to it.

3:16

Now the promises were spoken to  Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as {referring} to many, but {rather} to one, "And to your seed," that is, Christ.

3:17

What I am saying is this: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.

3:18

For if  the inheritance is based  on law, it is no longer based  on a promise; but God  has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.

3:19

Why  the Law then? It was added because  of transgressions, having been ordained  through angels by  the agency  of a mediator, until the  seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

3:20

Now a  mediator is not for  one {party only;} whereas God is {only} one.  

3:21

Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May  it never be! For if  a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would  indeed have been based on law.

3:22

But the Scripture has shut  up everyone  under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

3:23

But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being  shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed.

3:24

Therefore the Law has become our tutor  {to lead us} to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.  

3:25

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom,  brethren; only  {do} not {turn} your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve  one another.

5:16

But I say, walk  by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the  desire of the flesh.  

5:17

For the  flesh sets  its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.

5:18

But if you are led  by the Spirit, you  are not under the Law.  

5:19

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,  

5:20

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,

5:21

envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit  the kingdom of God.

5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love,  joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  

5:23

gentleness, self-control; against such things there  is no law.  

5:24

Now those who belong  to Christ  Jesus have crucified  the flesh with its passions and desires.

5:25

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk  by  the Spirit.

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Ephesians 

Ephesians 1:4

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 

1:5

He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 

1:7

In  Him we have redemption through  His blood, the forgiveness  of our trespasses, according to the  riches of His grace

Ephesians 1:10

with a view to an administration suitable  to the fullness of the times, {that is,} the summing up of all things in Christ, things in  the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

1:13

In Him, you also, after listening to the  message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed,  you were sealed in Him  with the  Holy Spirit of promise,

1:14

who is given  as a pledge of our  inheritance, with a view to the redemption  of {God's  own} possession, to  the praise of His glory

1:22

And He put  all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head  over all things to the church, 

1:23

which is His body,  the fullness  of Him who fills  all  in all.  

 Ephesians 2:1

And you were  dead  in  your trespasses and sins,  

2:2

in which you formerly walked according to the course  of this  world, according to the  prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the  sons of disobedience.

2:8

For by  grace you have been saved through  faith; and that not of yourselves, {it is} the  gift of God;  

2:9

not as a result of works, so that no  one may boast.

2:10

For we are His workmanship, created  in Christ  Jesus for good  works, which God prepared  beforehand so that we would walk  in them.   

2:12

{remember} that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded  from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the  covenants of promise, having no  hope and without  God in the world.

Ephesians 3:2

if indeed you have heard of the stewardship  of God's grace which was given to me for you;  

3:3

that  by revelation there was made known to me the  mystery, as  I wrote before in brief.  

3:4

By referring to this, when you read you can understand my  insight into  the mystery  of Christ,  

3:5

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles  and prophets in  the Spirit;

3:6

{to be specific,} that the Gentiles are fellow  heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow  partakers of the promise in Christ  Jesus through the gospel,

3:7

of  which I was made a minister,  according to the gift of God's  grace which was given to me according  to the working of His power.

3:8

To me, the  very least of all saints,  this grace was given, to preach  to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

3:9

and to bring  to light what is the administration of the mystery  which for ages has been hidden  in God who  created all things;

3:10

so that the manifold wisdom  of God might now be made  known through the church to the rulers  and the authorities in the heavenly {places.}

Ephesians 4:7

But to  each one of us grace was given according  to the measure of Christ's gift.  

4:8

Therefore it  says, "WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED  CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN."

4:9

(Now this {expression,} "He ascended,"  what does  it mean except that He also had  descended into the  lower parts of the earth?

4:10

He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far  above all the heavens, so that He might fill  all things.)

4:11

And He gave  some  {as} apostles, and some {as} prophets, and some {as} evange