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
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
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