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For those who long to delve into the mind and purposes of God, few books are more helpful than Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Here the apostle paints in broad strokes the great plan of God for his church, centered on its head, Jesus Christ, and living out its calling in praise of God's glory. Beginning with doxology, Paul calls on the church to support its words of praise with deeds to match....

follow. The Holy Spirit has a part in this. The blessings have been conveyed by the Father, by the Son and by the Holy Spirit, and the three members of the Trinity are mentioned in that order in verses 3–14. It is the Father to whom the benediction is directed and who initiates, so to speak, the blessings that reach us. Christ and the Spirit are depicted as the agents through whom the Father accomplished his purposes. Note in Christ (1:3, 9), through Jesus Christ (1:5), in the One he loves (1:6),