Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.
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 be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from 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 hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, 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 As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish in his sight.
5 Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose 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 Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us in his beloved son.
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 remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
It is in him we have deliverance, the forgiveness of our trespasses, through his blood;
8 Which hath superabounded in us in all wisdom and prudence,
so abundantly did he lavish upon us the riches of his grace in all wisdom and understanding,
9 That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him,
when he made known to us, I say, that good pleasure which he purposed in himself
10 In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on 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 also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his 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 may be unto the praise of his glory, we who before hoped Christ:
that we who first hoped in Christ should be for the praise of his glory.
13 In whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth, (the gospel of your salvation; ) in whom also believing, you were signed 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 pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of acquisition, unto 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, hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love 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 Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in 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, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the 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 The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is 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 is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who believe according to the operation of the might of his power,
and what the surpassing greatness of his might in us who believe, as seen in the energy of that resistless might
20 Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead, and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places.
which he exercised in raising Christ from the dead, and in seating him at his right hand in the heavenly heights,
21 Above all principality, and power, and virtue, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is 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 he hath subjected all things under his feet, and hath made him head over all the church,
God has put all things under Christ’s feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church,
23 Which is his body, and the fulness of him who is filled all in all.
which is his body, the fulness of Him who fills the universe.
