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 saints who are in Ephesus, and to the 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 did bless us in 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 did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being 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--
having foreordained us to the adoption of sons 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 grace, in which He did make us accepted 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 the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
8 the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us,
in which He did abound 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 good pleasure, that He 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.
in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in 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 did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working 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.
for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who did first hope 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 an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, 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,
Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the 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 giving 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 the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition 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 understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and 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 exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power 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 out of the dead, and did set [him] at His 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 principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name 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 all things He did put under his feet, and did give him — head over all things to the assembly,
23 the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself.
which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,
