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 Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are [[in Ephesus]], and believers in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be 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 God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly regions 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;
according as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him;
5 having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
having in love predestinated us for himself to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 to [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved;
7 in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;
in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
8 which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence,
which he made to abound toward us, 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
having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his 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,
in reference to the dispensation of the fullness of the times, to gather for himself into one all things in Christ, the things which are in the heavens, and the things on the earth; even in him,
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,
in whom we also obtained the inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will,
12 that we should be to [the] praise of his glory who have pre-trusted in the Christ:
that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who have before placed our hope in the Messiah;
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,
in whom ye also, after having heard the word of truth, the glad tidings of your salvation, in whom, I say, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit that was promised,
14 who is [the] earnest of our inheritance to the redemption of the acquired possession to [the] praise of his glory.
which is a pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.
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 cause I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and of 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 give thanks for you, making mention of 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,
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him;
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,
the eyes of your mind being enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope belonging to his call of you, and what the riches of the glory of the inheritance which he hath given among 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 exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
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 wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead; and seated him at his own right hand in the heavenly regions,
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 rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also 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,
and put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all:
which is his body, the fullness of him who filleth all with all;
