Ever wonder what the longest sentence is in the Bible, Ephesians 1:3-14 is the answer. While in the Bible we have today, this sentence has been made grammatically correct, when Paul wrote it, it was just phrases and words patched together to make one long sentence.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ for he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight in love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ in accordance with his pleasure and will to the praise of his glorious grace which he has freely given us in the One he loves in him we have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure which he purposed in Christ to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ in him we were also chosen having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will in order that we who were the first to put our hope in Christ might be for the praise of his glory and you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth the gospel of your salvation when you believed you were marked in him with a seal the promised Holy Spirit who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession to the praise of his glory.
The way that I transcribed it is how Paul would have written it. I imagine him in a trance like state as he praised and worshipped God. Letting everyone in his area know how God truly feels about them. God did not separate the Gentiles from the Jews. He adopted them all, just as He does today. All means All, today just as it did back then. We should never love with out loving everyone just as God does.
Yours in Christ
Heather
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