Ephesians 1
1 Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, to the saints and faithful in Christ Jesus who are at Ephesus.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus,
2 Grace to you and peace 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 with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
4 according as he has chosen us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish in his sight.
5 having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
For in his love he predestined us (such was the good pleasure of his will) to adoption for himself as sons through Jesus Christ,
6 to [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
and to the praise of his glorious grace which he graciously bestowed upon us in the Beloved.
7 in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;
It is in him we have deliverance, the forgiveness of our trespasses, through his blood;
8 which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence,
so abundantly did he lavish upon us the riches of his grace in all wisdom and understanding,
9 having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself
when he made known to us, I say, that good pleasure which he purposed in himself
10 for [the] administration of the fulness of times; to head up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth; in him,
for the government of the fulness of the ages, that all things in heaven and earth are alike should be gathered up in Christ, as Head.
11 in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his own will,
It is he in whom we Jews also have our inheritance, having been chosen beforehand according to the purpose of Him who executes all things according to the counsel of his will,
12 that we should be to [the] praise of his glory who have pre-trusted in the Christ:
that we who first hoped in Christ should be for the praise of his glory.
13 in whom ye also [have trusted], having heard the word of the truth, the glad tidings of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
And in him, because you listened to the proclamation of the truth, the evangel of your salvation, and trusted it, you Gentiles too were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 who is [the] earnest of our inheritance to the redemption of the acquired possession to [the] praise of his glory.
who for the praise of his glory is the pledge of our common heritage, unto the complete redemption of his purchased property.
15 Wherefore I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which [is] in you, and the love which [ye have] towards all the saints,
For this reason I also, from the time when I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and your love to all the saints,
16 do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention [of you] at my prayers,
do not cease to praise God for you, whenever I mention you in my prayers.
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you [the] spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him,
I am praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father most glorious, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, through an intimate knowledge of himself;
18 being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, [and] what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
and that the eyes of your heart may be flooded with light so that you may understand what is the hope of his calling, what the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 and what the surpassing greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,
and what the surpassing greatness of his might in us who believe, as seen in the energy of that resistless might
20 [in] which he wrought in the Christ [in] raising him from among [the] dead, and he set him down at his right hand in the heavenlies,
which he exercised in raising Christ from the dead, and in seating him at his right hand in the heavenly heights,
21 above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come; (aiōn g165)
far above all hierarchies and authorities and powers and dominions and every name that is named, not only in this age but in that which is to come. (aiōn g165)
22 and has put all things under his feet, and gave him [to be] head over all things to the assembly,
God has put all things under Christ’s feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church,
23 which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all:
which is his body, the fulness of Him who fills the universe.
