Ephesians 1:2

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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In The King James Version

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

In Context

1Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:

3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

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Cross References

Romans 1:7To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Galatians 1:3Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 1:2-3

Ephesians Some think that this epistle to the Ephesians was a circular letter sent to several churches, and that the copy directed to the Ephesians happened to be taken into the canon, and so it came to bear that particular inscription. And they have been induced the rather to think this because it is the only one of all Paul's epistles that has nothing in it peculiarly adapted to the state or case of that particular church; but it has much of common concernment to all Christians, and especially to all who, having… Read the whole commentary →

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