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 Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.
2 Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
May grace and peace be granted to you 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 crowned us with 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, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence.
5 Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:
For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--
6 Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us in his beloved son.
to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
It is in Him, and through the shedding of His blood, that we have our deliverance--the forgiveness of our offences--so abundant was God's grace,
8 Which hath superabounded in us in all wisdom and prudence,
the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us,
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 the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose
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 world when the times are ripe for it--the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him.
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.
In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will,
12 That we may be unto the praise of his glory, we who before hoped Christ:
so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ.
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 you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--having believed in Him--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.
that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory.
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 too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers,
offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of 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:
For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father most glorious--to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him,
18 The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened so that you may know what is the hope which His call to you inspires, what the wealth of the glory of His inheritance in God's people,
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 transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might
20 Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead, and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places.
when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms,
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)
high above all other government and authority and power and dominion, and every title of sovereignty used either in this Age or in the Age 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 His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,
23 Which is his body, and the fulness of him who is filled all in all.
the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself.
