Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the sanctified who are at Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 May grace and peace be granted to you 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 be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has crowned us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ;
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly things in Christ.
4 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.
Just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and unblemished before him in love.
5 For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--
Who predestined us for sonship through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the desire of his will,
6 to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.
for appreciation of the glory of his grace, by which he blessed us in him who is beloved.
7 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,
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the wealth of his grace,
8 the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us,
which he abounded for us in all wisdom and intelligence.
9 when He made known to us the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose
Having made known to us the mystery of his will according to his desire, which he purposed within himself
10 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.
for an administration of the fullness of the times. To gather together all things in the Christ, things in the heavens and things upon the earth,
11 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,
in him in whom also we obtained an inheritance. Having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the deliberation of his will,
12 so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ.
for us to be for appreciation of his glory, men who have first hoped in the Christ.
13 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;
In whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the good news of your salvation, in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,
14 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.
which is a pledge of our inheritance, for the redemption of the acquired possession, for appreciation of his glory.
15 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,
Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love for all the sanctified,
16 offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
I cease not expressing thanks for you, making remembrance of you in my prayers.
17 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,
So that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in knowledge of him,
18 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,
having the eyes of your heart enlightened. For you to know what is the hope of his calling, and what is the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the sanctified,
19 and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might
and what is the transcending greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of the dominion of his might,
20 when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms,
which he wrought in the Christ, having raised him from the dead and seated at his right hand in the heavenly things,
21 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)
far above every principle office, and position of authority, and power, and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is coming. (aiōn g165)
22 God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,
And he subordinated all things under his feet, and appointed him head over all things for the church,
23 the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself.
which is his body, the fulfillment of him who fills all in all.
