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 Christ Jesus, through God’s will, unto the saints who are [in Ephesus] and faithful in Christ Jesus, —
2 May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and 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 hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing, in the heavenlies, 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 made choice of us, in him, before the founding of a world, that we might be holy and blameless in his presence; 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--
marking us out beforehand unto sonship, through Jesus Christ, for 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.
Unto the praise of the glory of his favour wherewith he favoured us in the Beloved One, —
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 the redemption through his blood, the remission of our offences, according to the riches of his favour,
8 the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us,
which he made to superabound towards 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
making known to us the sacred secret of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him, —
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 fulness of the seasons, to reunite for himself (under one head) the all things in the Christ, the things upon the heavens, and the things upon the earth, in 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,
In whom also we were taken as an inheritance, according to the purpose of him who energiseth 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 for the praise of his glory—we who had hoped beforehand 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—hearing the word of the truth, the glad-message of your salvation, —in whom also believing, —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.
Which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of the acquisition; —unto his glorious praise.
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 cause, I also, —having heard of the faith on your part in the Lord Jesus, and that towards all the saints,
16 offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
Cease not giving thanks in your behalf, making mention 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 a Spirit of wisdom and understanding in gaining a personal 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,
The eyes of your heart having been 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 and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might
And what the surpassing greatness of his power unto us who believe, —according to the energy of the grasp 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 energised in the Christ, when he raised him from among the dead, and seated him at his right hand in the heavenlies,
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)
Over-above all principality, authority, and power, and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one, (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 did put, all things, in subjection beneath his feet. And gave him to be head over all things unto the assembly,
23 the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself.
Which, indeed, is his body, the fulness of him who, the all things in all, is for himself filling up.
