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purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own
will: that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted
in Christ.' Eph. 1:3-12.

"'God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he
loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together
with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) and hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus; that in
the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace, in
his kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye
saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of
God: not of works, lest any man should boast; for we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them. Now therefore ye,'
Gentiles, 'are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens
with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being
the chief corner-stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together
groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded
together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.' Eph. 2:4, etc.
'I,' Paul, 'bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would
grant you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened
with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in
your hearts by faith; that ye being rooted and grounded in love, may
be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and
length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ, which
passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of
God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all
that we can ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages,
world without end. Amen.' Eph. 3:14-21.

"'I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk
worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and
meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love;
endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope
of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father
of all, who