Ephesians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.2 Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.3 Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ:4 As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.5 Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:6 Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us in his beloved son.7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace,8 Which hath superabounded in us in all wisdom and prudence,9 That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him,10 In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth, in him.11 In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will.12 That we may be unto the praise of his glory, we who before hoped Christ:13 In whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth, (the gospel of your salvation;) in whom also believing, you were signed with the holy Spirit of promise,14 Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of acquisition, unto the praise of his glory.15 Wherefore I also, hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love towards all the saints,16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers,17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge of him:18 The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who believe according to the operation of the might of his power,20 Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead, and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places.21 Above all principality, and power, and virtue, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.22 And he hath subjected all things under his feet, and hath made him head over all the church,23 Which is his body, and the fulness of him who is filled all in all.

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