The World English Bible (WEB): Ephesians
Book 49 Ephesians 001:001 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: 001:002 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 001:003 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; 001:004 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love; 001:005 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, 001:006 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved, 001:007 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 001:008 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 001:009 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him 001:010 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;
you annoyed my friend" (Jane almost kissed the word) "she told you
outright she was busy and did not want to be bothered. Next thing,
you deliberately sat under her stepladder. Do you like to get in the
open path of tack hammers?"
"Love to," sneered Shirley. "And I'm crazy about playing ball with
them when mirrors are up for back stops. All right, go ahead, as far
as you like. I believe now what I heard about the Jane Alien crowd.
A lot of goody goodies, too stuck up to bother with country girls."
Jane jumped from her seat and gasped at an interruption but did not
succeed in sustaining it. "But I've got friends around here who know
the ropes. They are not freshies either, so don't bother about me,
Miss Allen. I'll see about the looking-glass and the girl who hit me
with her hammer."
Jane let her go, was actually glad to see the last of the satin
skirt as it swished out into the winding path, nor did she
immediately follow it. Instead she sat there, tearing little red
rose hips from the tenacious vines and tossing them away regardless
of their artistic value as decorative winter berries.
"Tragic," she muttered, "positively tragic. And that is what my
darling dad wasted a perfectly good scholarship on." Thoughts of
"dad" mercifully intervened and saved the girl's temper further
violence. "But what puzzles me is how that girl ever won the
scholarship?" Jane silently questioned, and in that unspoken
Book 49 Ephesians 001:001 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: 001:002 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 001:003 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; 001:004 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love; 001:005 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, 001:006 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved, 001:007 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 001:008 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 001:009 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him 001:010 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;