Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to God's holy people in Ephesus, who are faithful in Christ Jesus.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and 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 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.
Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:
4 God chose us in him from the beginning of the world, that we may be holy and blameless in his sight in love.
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
5 God chose us beforehand for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will.
having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 Our adoption results in the praise of his glorious grace that he has freely given us in the One he loves.
to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
7 In Jesus Christ we have redemption through his blood and the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
8 He lavished this grace upon us with all wisdom and understanding.
which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 God made known to us the hidden purpose of his will, according to what pleased him, and which he demonstrated in Christ,
having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
10 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.
unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say],
11 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.
in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
12 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.
to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
13 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,
in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, —in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we take full possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God’s] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's holy people,
For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which [ye shew] toward all the saints,
16 I have not stopped thanking God for you as I mention you in my prayers.
cease not to give thanks for you, making mention [of you] in my prayers;
17 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.
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
18 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.
having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 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.
and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
20 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.
which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places],
21 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)
far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: (aiōn g165)
22 God put all things under Christ's feet and gave him to the church as head over all things.
and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
23 The church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
