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, by the will of God, to the saints that are in Ephesus, even the believers in Christ Jesus:
2 May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Favor to you, and peace from God our Father, and from 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 be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places 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.
according as he has elected us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and unblamable in his sight; 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--
having formerly marked us out for adoption through Jesus Christ, to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.
to the praise of the glory of his favor, with which he has highly favored us in the 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, even the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his favor,
8 the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us,
which has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
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 secret of his will according to his benevolent purpose, which he had purposed in 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 the administration of the fullness of the appointed times, to gather together all under Christ--all in the heavens, and all on the earth--under him:
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,
under whom even we have inherited, having been formerly marked out according to the purpose of him who effectually works all things according to the counsel 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.
that we should be to the praise of his glory, who before trusted in 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 you, also, trusted, having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom, also, having believed, you were sealed with the spirit of the promise--the Holy Spirit--
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.
who is an earnest of our inheritance, for the redemption of the purchase, to the praise 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,
For this reason, I, also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and of your love to all the saints,
16 offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention 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,
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the 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,
that the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints;
19 and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might
and what the exceeding greatness of his power, in relation to us who believe according to the working of his mighty power,
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 Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places;
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 all government, and power, and might, and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come; (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 subjected all things under his feet, and appointed him head over all things to the congregation,
23 the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself.
which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all;
