以弗所书 1
1 我是奉上帝旨意做基督耶稣使徒的保罗，写信给以弗所忠于基督耶稣的众圣徒。
2 愿我们的父上帝和主耶稣基督赐给你们恩典和平安！
基督徒的属灵恩福
3 赞美我们主耶稣基督的父上帝！祂在基督里赐给了我们天上各样属灵的恩福。4 早在创造世界以前，祂已经在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在祂眼中成为圣洁无瑕的人。
5 上帝因为爱我们，就按照祂自己美好的旨意，预定我们借着耶稣基督得到做祂儿女的名分。6 我们赞美祂奇妙无比的恩典，这恩典是上帝借着祂的爱子赐给我们的。7 我们借着祂爱子的血蒙救赎，过犯得到赦免，这都是出于祂的洪恩。8 上帝用各种智慧和聪明把这恩典丰丰富富地赐给我们，9 照着祂在基督里所定的美好计划叫我们知道祂旨意的奥秘，10 等所定的时候一到，叫天地万物一同归在基督的名下。
11 我们也在基督里被拣选成为祂的子民。这都是按自己旨意行万事的上帝预先定下的计划，12 好让我们这些首先在基督里得到盼望的人都来颂赞祂的荣耀。
13 你们听过真理之道，就是那使你们得救的福音，而且也信了基督。你们既然信祂，就领受了上帝应许赐下的圣灵为印记。14 圣灵是我们领受产业的担保，直到上帝的子民得到救赎，使祂的荣耀受到颂赞。
保罗的祷告
15 我听到你们对主耶稣的信心和对众圣徒的爱心后，16 不断地为你们感谢上帝，祷告的时候常常提到你们。17 我求我们主耶稣基督的上帝——荣耀的父把赐智慧和启示的灵给你们，好使你们更深地认识祂。18 我也求上帝照亮你们心中的眼睛，使你们知道祂的呼召给你们带来了何等的盼望，祂应许赐给众圣徒的产业有何等丰富的荣耀，19 并且祂在我们这些信的人身上所运行的能力是何等浩大。20 上帝曾用这大能使基督从死里复活，使基督在天上坐在自己右边，21 远远超越今生永世所有执政的、掌权的、有能力的、做主宰的和一切的权势。22 祂又使万物降服在基督脚下，使基督为教会做万物的元首。23 教会是基督的身体，蕴涵着那无所不在、充满万物者的丰盛。
Ephesians 1
Salutation
1 From Paul,t an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus],ss the faithfult in Christ Jesus.
2 Grace and peace to yout from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 Blesseds ist the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessedt us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.4 Fort he chose us in Christt before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemisheds in his sightt in love.t5 He did this by predestiningts us to adoption as hist sonsts through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasuret of his will –6 to the praise of the glory of his gracet that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.tss7 In himt we have redemption through his blood,s the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace8 that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.9 He did this when he revealedt to us the secrett of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set fortht in Christ,ts10 toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head upt all things in Christ – the things in heavent and the things on earth.s11 In Christt we too have been claimed as God’s own possession,ts since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will12 so that we, who were the first to set our hopet on Christ,t would be to the praise of his glory.13 And whent you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christt – you were marked with the sealt of the promised Holy Spirit,t
14 who is the down paymentts of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession,t to the praise of his glory.
Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation
15 For this reason,s because It have heardt of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your loves for all the saints,16 I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember yout in my prayers.17 I pray thatt the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,t may give you spiritual wisdom and revelationt in your growing knowledge of him,tsss18 – since the eyes of yourst heart have been enlightenedt – so that you may know what is the hope of his calling,tssss what is the wealth of his glorioust inheritance in the saints,19 and what is the incomparablet greatness of his power towardt us who believe, as displayed int the exercise of his immense strength.ts20 This powert he exercisedt in Christ when he raised himt from the dead and seated hims at his right hand in the heavenly realmss21 far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.22 And Godtputtall things under Christ’stfeet,s and he gave him to the church as head over all things.t
23 Now the church ist his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.ts
