Worsley [1770], THE NEW TESTAMENT OR NEW COVENANT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated from the Greek ACCORDING TO The Present Idiom of the English Tongue. With NOTES and REFERENCES interspersed, as occasion required, to confirm and illustrate the more literal or various Renderings given at the bottom of each page; by which even they, who do not understand the Original, may often judge for themselves of the justness and propriety of the Translation. By the late Mr. JOHN WORSLEY, of Hertford (Printed by R. Hett, LONDON) [word count] [B18100].
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Ch. I.
1 Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of
God, to the saints, who are at Ephesus, even the
faithful in Christ Jesus;
2 grace be to you and peace
from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly things by Christ;
4 according as he hath
chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and unblameable before Him in
love:
5 having before appointed us unto the adoption of
children by Jesus Christ unto Himself, according to
the good pleasure of his will;
6 to the praise of his glorious
grace, whereby He hath made us acceptable in the
Beloved:
7 in whom we have redemption through his
blood, even the remission of sins, according to the
riches of his grace;
8 wherein He hath abounded towards
us note with the highest wisdom and prudence;
9 having
made known to us the note secret of his will, according to
his good pleasure, which He had before purposed in
Himself:
10 that in the dispensation of the fulness of times,
He might reduce all things, both in heaven and on
earth, under one head in Christ:
11 even in Him, in whom
also we have obtained an inheritance, being note predestinated
to it according to the purpose of Him who effecteth
all things after the counsel of His own will:
12 that we
should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in
Christ.
13 In whom ye also trusted, when ye heard
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the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in
whom also when ye believed, ye were sealed with the
holy Spirit note of promise,
14 who is the pledge of our inheritance,
till the redemption of his note purchased possessession,
to the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, having heard of your faith in the
Lord Jesus,
16 and your love to all the saints, cease not to
give thanks for you, making mention of you in my
prayers;
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, would give you the Spirit of wisdom
and revelation note to the knowledge of Him,
18 and note enlighten
the eyes of your understanding; that ye may know,
what is the hope of his calling, and note how rich the
glory of his inheritance in the saints;
19 and what the
exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe,
according to the energy of note his mighty strength;
20 which
He exerted in Christ, when He raised Him from the
dead, and set Him at his own right hand in heavenly
places,
21 far above all principality and power and might
and dominion, and every name that is named, not only
in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 and
hath note put all things under his feet, and given Him to be
head over all things to the church;
23 which is his body,
the note complete work of Him, who filleth all in all.
Worsley [1770], THE NEW TESTAMENT OR NEW COVENANT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated from the Greek ACCORDING TO The Present Idiom of the English Tongue. With NOTES and REFERENCES interspersed, as occasion required, to confirm and illustrate the more literal or various Renderings given at the bottom of each page; by which even they, who do not understand the Original, may often judge for themselves of the justness and propriety of the Translation. By the late Mr. JOHN WORSLEY, of Hertford (Printed by R. Hett, LONDON) [word count] [B18100].
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