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:
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to God's holy people in Ephesus, who are faithful in Christ Jesus.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Sovereign 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 heavenly realms in Christ;
May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be praised, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places 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,
God chose us in him from the beginning of the world, that we may be holy and blameless in his sight in 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,
God chose us beforehand for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will.
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He graced us in the Beloved;
Our adoption results in the praise of his glorious grace that he has freely given 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,
In Jesus Christ we have redemption through his blood and the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.
8 that He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and intelligent design,
He lavished this grace upon us with all wisdom and understanding.
9 having made known to us the ‘secret’ of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him[S],
God made known to us the hidden purpose of his will, according to what pleased him, and which he demonstrated 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],
with a view to a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things together, all things in heaven and on earth, under one head, even Christ.
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 Christ we were appointed as heirs. We were decided on beforehand according to the plan of him who works out everything according to the purpose of his will.
12 so that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who first trusted in the Christ;
God appointed us as heirs so that we might be the first to have a certain hope in Christ, so we would be for the praise of his glory.
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,
In Christ, you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, you believed in him and were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 who is the down payment on our inheritance until the release of the possession, to the praise of His glory.
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we take full possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
15 Because of this, having heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's holy people,
16 I really do not stop giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
I have not stopped thanking God for you as I mention 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,
I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, will give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.
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,
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, that you may know the hope to which he has called you and the riches of his glorious inheritance among all God's holy 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
In my prayers I ask that you may know the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great strength.
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,
This is the same power that God worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.
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)
He seated Christ far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named. Christ will rule, not only in this age, but also 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,
God put all things under Christ's feet and gave him to the church as head over all things.
23 which is His body, the complement of Him who fills everything in every way.
The church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
