3. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit ~Eph. 1:13

4. Know God (17) 1.Hope (18) 2.Inheritance (18) 3.Power (19) a)Christ (20-23) b)You (2:1-10)

6. dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked (1-2)

7. following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience

8. being rich in mercy, because the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses,

9. made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— ~Eph. 2:5

10. and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ~Eph. 2:6

11. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. ~Eph. 2:8-9

12. Remember that… you Gentiles… called “the uncircumcision”…

13. 1.Old Testament (39 books) A. Genesis 1-11 (Mankind) B. Genesis 12 – Malachi (Israel) 2.New Testament (27 books) A. Ephesians ~ 60 A.D.

14. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you… so that you will be a blessing…. and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. ~Genesis 12:1-3

15. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. ~Psalm 67:1-2

16. I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. ~Isaiah 49:6

17. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. ~Galatians 5:6

18. separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope without God in the world.

19. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ~Eph. 2:13

20. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility ~Eph. 2:14

21. by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, ~Eph. 2:15

22. and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. ~Eph. 2:16

23. peace to you who were far off peace to those who were near ~Eph. 2:17

24. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. ~Eph. 2:18

25. You belong! You stand on a solid foundation! Grow together! You belong to God and God belongs in you! ~Eph. 2:22