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 Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
May grace and peace be granted to you 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 crowned us with 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, 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 having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure 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 to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He made us accepted in the beloved,
to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.
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, and through the shedding of His blood, that we have our deliverance--the forgiveness of our offences--so abundant was God's grace,
8 in which He abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us,
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 the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose
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 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 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,
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 for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who first hoped in the 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, 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 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 which is a deposit of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to 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 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 too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people,
16 do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention 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 the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition 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 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,
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 the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,
and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite 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],
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 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)
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 put all things under His feet, and gave Him—head over all things to the Assembly,
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, the fullness of Him who is filling all in all.
the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself.
