Ephesians 1
1 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:
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to God's holy people in Ephesus, who are 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 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,
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.
4 according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,
God chose us in him from the beginning of the world, that we may be holy and blameless in his sight in love.
5 having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
God chose us beforehand for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will.
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,
Our adoption results in the praise of his glorious grace that he has freely given us in the One he loves.
7 in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
In Jesus Christ we have redemption through his blood and the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.
8 in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
He lavished this grace upon us with all wisdom and understanding.
9 having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,
God made known to us the hidden purpose of his will, according to what pleased him, and which he demonstrated in Christ,
10 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;
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.
11 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,
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.
12 for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who did first hope in the Christ,
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.
13 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,
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,
14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we take full possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
15 Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love to all the saints,
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's holy people,
16 do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
I have not stopped thanking God for you as I mention you in my prayers.
17 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,
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.
18 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,
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.
19 and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,
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.
20 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],
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.
21 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)
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)
22 and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him — head over all things to the assembly,
God put all things under Christ's feet and gave him to the church as head over all things.
23 which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,
The church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
