Ephesians 1
1 To Christ’s People at Ephesus who are faithful to him, from Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has blessed us on high with every spiritual blessing, in Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
4 For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
5 From the first he destined us, in his good-will towards us, to be adopted as Sons through Jesus Christ,
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6 and so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving-kindness which he gave us in The Beloved;
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
7 for in him, and through the shedding of his blood, we have found redemption in the pardon of our offences.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
8 All this accords with the loving-kindness which God lavished upon us, accompanied by countless gifts of wisdom and discernment,
that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
9 when he made known to us his hidden purpose. And it also accords with the good-will which God purposed to exhibit in Christ,
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
10 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, centre in him.
as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
11 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;
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
12 that we should enhance his glory — we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.
in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
13 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.
And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 And the Spirit is a pledge of our future heritage, fore-shadowing the full redemption of God’s own People — to enhance his Glory.
who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
15 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,
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
16 have never omitted to thank God on your behalf, whenever I make mention of you in my prayers.
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
17 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;
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
18 that your minds may be so enlightened that you may realise the hope given by God’s Call, the wealth of the glory of his heritage among Christ’s People,
I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
19 and the transcendent greatness of the power which he is able to exercise in dealing with us who believe in him.
and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
20 The same mighty power was exerted upon 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,
which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
21 and above every name that can be named, whether in the present age, or in the age to come. (aiōn g165)
far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. (aiōn g165)
22 And God placed ‘all things under Christ’s feet,’ and gave him to the Church as its supreme Head;
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
23 for the Church is Christ’s Body, and is filled by him who fills all things everywhere with his presence.
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
