Bible: Ephesians 1:4,15; 2:4; 3:17,19; 4:2,15,16; 5:2; 6:23

1:4 For 1  he chose us in Christ 2  before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished 3  in his sight 4  in love. 5 

Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation

1:15 For this reason, 6  because I 7  have heard 8  of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love 9  for all the saints,

The Creation of Man and Woman

2:4 This is the account 1  of the heavens and the earth 2  when they were created – when the Lord God 3  made the earth and heavens. 4 

3:17 But to Adam 1  he said,

Because you obeyed 2  your wife

and ate from the tree about which I commanded you,

‘You must not eat from it,’

cursed is the ground 3  thanks to you; 4 

in painful toil you will eat 5  of it all the days of your life.

3:19 By the sweat of your brow 6  you will eat food

until you return to the ground, 7 

for out of it you were taken;

for you are dust, and to dust you will return.” 8 

4:2 Then she gave birth 1  to his brother Abel. 2  Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground. 3 

4:15 But the Lord said to him, “All right then, 4  if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” 5  Then the Lord put a special mark 6  on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down. 7  4:16 So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, 8  east of Eden.

5:2 He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.” 1 

God’s Grief over Humankind’s Wickedness

6:1 When humankind 1  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born 2  to them, 3 

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