Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:
4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
5 He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
8 that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
9 And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands
10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,
11 In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:
13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,
14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,
16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
18 I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
19 and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,
20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,
21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. (aiōn g165)
Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come: (aiōn g165)
22 And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.
