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Ephesians 1:18

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having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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Ephesus was a major Roman port city in Asia Minor (modern western Turkey), known for commerce and the temple of Artemis. Paul’s prayer for believers there emphasizes that Christians living amid a powerful pagan culture need God to enlighten them to grasp the hope and inheritance to which he has called them.

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Ephesians 1:18 mentions Ephesus.

Ephesus · Benh LIEU SONG

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