Romans922
Puritan Board Professor
It is said that Ephesians 1:3-14 is one long verse. Well it seems to me it might be confusing which person of the Trinity is being referred to throughout. I'm going to take a shot at it, if i'm wrong, I would appreciate someone pointing it out to me.
Using NKJV:
3 Blessed be the God [God the Father] and Father [God the Father] of our Lord Jesus Christ [God the Son], who [God the Father] has blessed us with every spiritual [God the Spirit] blessing in the heavenly places in Christ [God the Son], 4 just as He [God the Father] chose us in Him [God the Son] before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him [God the Father] in love, 5 having [God the Father] predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ [God the Son] to Himself [God the Father], according to the good pleasure of His [God the Father] will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His [God the Father] grace, by which He [God the Father] made us accepted in the Beloved [God the Son]. 7 In Him [God the Son] we have redemption through His [God the Son] blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His [God the Father] grace 8 which He [God the Father] made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having [God the Father] made known to us the mystery of His [God the Father] will, according to His [God the Father] good pleasure which He [God the Father] purposed in Himself [God the Son], 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He [God the Father] might gather together in one all things in Christ [God the Son], both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him [God the Son]. 11 In Him [God the Son] also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him [God the Father] who works all things according to the counsel of His will [God the Father], 12 that we who first trusted in Christ [God the Son] should be to the praise of His [God the Son] glory. 13 In Him [God the Son] you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit [God the Spirit] of promise, 14 who [God the Spirit] is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His [God the Son] glory.
What say ye?
Using NKJV:
3 Blessed be the God [God the Father] and Father [God the Father] of our Lord Jesus Christ [God the Son], who [God the Father] has blessed us with every spiritual [God the Spirit] blessing in the heavenly places in Christ [God the Son], 4 just as He [God the Father] chose us in Him [God the Son] before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him [God the Father] in love, 5 having [God the Father] predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ [God the Son] to Himself [God the Father], according to the good pleasure of His [God the Father] will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His [God the Father] grace, by which He [God the Father] made us accepted in the Beloved [God the Son]. 7 In Him [God the Son] we have redemption through His [God the Son] blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His [God the Father] grace 8 which He [God the Father] made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having [God the Father] made known to us the mystery of His [God the Father] will, according to His [God the Father] good pleasure which He [God the Father] purposed in Himself [God the Son], 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He [God the Father] might gather together in one all things in Christ [God the Son], both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him [God the Son]. 11 In Him [God the Son] also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him [God the Father] who works all things according to the counsel of His will [God the Father], 12 that we who first trusted in Christ [God the Son] should be to the praise of His [God the Son] glory. 13 In Him [God the Son] you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit [God the Spirit] of promise, 14 who [God the Spirit] is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His [God the Son] glory.
What say ye?