Ephesians 1
1 Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, that is, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
To Christ’s people at Ephesus who are faithful to him, from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Sovereign Jesus Christ.
May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ;
Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has blessed us on high with every spiritual blessing, in Christ.
4 just as He[F] chose us in Him[S] before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him[F], in love,
For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, so that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.
5 having predestined us into an adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, into Him[S], according to the good pleasure of His[F] will,
From the first he destined us, in his goodwill towards us, to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ,
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He graced us in the Beloved;
and so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving kindness which he gave us in the one he loves;
7 in whom we have the redemption through His[S] blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His[F] grace,
for in him, and through the shedding of his blood, we have found redemption in the pardon of our offenses.
8 that He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and intelligent design,
All this accords with the loving kindness which God lavished on us, accompanied by countless gifts of wisdom and discernment,
9 having made known to us the ‘secret’ of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him[S],
when he made known to us his hidden purpose. And it also accords with the goodwill which God purposed to exhibit in Christ,
10 with a view to administering the fullness of the times, so as to bring all things together under one head in Christ—those on the heavens and those on the earth—in Him[S],
in view of that divine order which was to mark the completion of the ages, when he should make everything, both in heaven and on earth, center in him.
11 in whom we were also assigned an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him[F] who works all things according to the decision of His will,
In him, I say, for by our union with him we became God’s heritage, having from the first been destined for this in the intention of him who, in all that happens, is carrying out his own fixed purpose;
12 so that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who first trusted in the Christ;
that we should enhance his glory – we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.
13 about whom, to be sure, we had heard the true Word—the Gospel of your salvation; by whom, since you also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
And you, too, by your union with him, after you had heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation – you believed in him and were sealed as his by receiving the holy Spirit, which he had promised.
14 who is the down payment on our inheritance until the release of the possession, to the praise of His glory.
And the Spirit is a pledge of our future heritage, foreshadowing the full redemption of God’s own people – to enhance his glory.
15 Because of this, having heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ’s people,
16 I really do not stop giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
have never omitted to thank God on your behalf, whenever I make mention of you in my prayers.
17 that the God of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the real knowledge of Himself,
My prayer is that the God of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all-glorious Father, may inspire you with wisdom and true insight through a fuller knowledge of himself;
18 the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know 1) what is the hope of His[F] calling, and 2) what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
that your minds may be so enlightened that you may realize the hope given by God’s call, the wealth of the glory of his heritage among Christ’s people,
19 and 3) what the exceeding greatness of His power into us who are believing, according to the demonstration of the extent of His might
and the transcendent greatness of the power which he is able to exercise in dealing with us who believe in him.
20 which He exercised in the Christ when He raised Him[S] from among the dead and seated Him at His[F] right, in the heavenly realms,
The same mighty power was exerted on the Christ, when he raised the Christ from the dead and ‘caused him to sit at his right hand’ on high, exalting him above all angels and archangels of every rank,
21 far above every ruler and authority and power and dominion—even every name that can be named, not only in this age but also in the next. (aiōn g165)
and above every name that can be named, whether in the present age, or in the age to come. (aiōn g165)
22 In short, He[F] placed everything under His[S] feet, and appointed Him to be Head over everything in the Church,
And God placed all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as its supreme head;
23 which is His body, the complement of Him who fills everything in every way.
for the church is Christ’s body, and is filled by him who fills all things everywhere with his presence.
