Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the holy ones who are in 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 to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the 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 according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish in his sight.
5 having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure 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 to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He made us accepted in the beloved,
and to the praise of his glorious grace which he graciously bestowed upon us in the Beloved.
7 in whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
It is in him we have deliverance, the forgiveness of our trespasses, through his blood;
8 in which He abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
so abundantly did he lavish upon us the riches of his grace in all wisdom and understanding,
9 having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,
when he made known to us, I say, that good pleasure which he purposed in himself
10 in regard to the dispensation of the fullness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things on the 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 also we obtained an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who is working 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 for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who first hoped in the Christ,
that we who first hoped in Christ should be for the praise of his glory.
13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth—the good news of your salvation—in whom also having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the 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 which is a deposit of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to 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 Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love to all the holy ones,
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 do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention 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 the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition 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 understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the holy ones,
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 the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,
and what the surpassing greatness of his might in us who believe, as seen in the energy of that resistless might
20 which He worked in the Christ, having raised Him out of the dead, and sat [Him] at 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 far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one; (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 put all things under His feet, and gave Him—head over all things to the Assembly,
God has put all things under Christ’s feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who is filling all in all.
which is his body, the fulness of Him who fills the universe.
