Efesarane 1

Helsing

1  t t Paulus, etter Guds vilje Kristi Jesu apostel, helsar dei heilage {{i Efesos}}, dei truande i Kristus Jesus:

2 Nåde vere med dykk og fred frå Gud, vår Far, og Herren Jesus Kristus!

Alt i Kristus

3  t t Velsigna er Gud,
vår Herre Jesu Kristi Far,
han som i Kristus velsigna oss
med all Andens velsigning
i himmelen.

4  t I Kristus valde han oss ut
før verda vart grunnlagd,
til å stå for hans andlet,
heilage og utan feil.
I kjærleik

5  t og etter sin eigen gode vilje
avgjorde han på førehand
at vi skulle få rett til å vera
hans born ved Jesus Kristus,

6  t t til lov og pris for hans herlegdom og nåde,
som han så rikeleg gav oss
i han som han elskar så høgt.

7  t I han har vi fridomen,
kjøpt med hans blod,
tilgjeving for syndene.
For så rik er Guds nåde,

8  t som han lét strøyma over oss
med all visdom og forstand,

9  t då han gjorde kjent for oss
sin viljes mysterium,
det han gjerne ville gjera i han.

10  t Han ville fullføra sin frelseplan
då tida var fullmogen:
å samla alt til eitt i Kristus,
alt i himmelen og på jorda i han.

11  t I han fekk vi òg arverett,
slik det frå først var tiltenkt oss
etter forsettet til han som gjennomfører alt
etter sin eigen plan og vilje,

12 så vi som alt har sett vår von
til Kristus,
skal vera til lov og pris
for hans herlegdom.

13  t t I han høyrde de sanningsordet,
evangeliet om frelsa dykkar.
I han kom de òg til tru,
merkte med seglet til Anden,
Den Heilage, han som var lova,

14  t han som er pantet på arven
til Guds eige folk blir sett fri,
til lov og pris for hans herlegdom.

Takk og bøn

EPHESIANS 1

1  t From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus.
To God's people who live in Ephesus andt are faithful followers of Christ Jesus.

2 I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!

Christ Brings Spiritual //Blessings

6 God treated us with undeserved grace because of the Son he dearly loves, and so we should praise God.
7-8  t Christ sacrificed his life's blood to set us free, which means our sins are now forgiven. Christ did this because of God's gift of undeserved grace to us. God has great wisdom and understanding, 9 and by what Christ has done, God has shown us his own mysterious ways.

10 Then when the time is right, God will do all he has planned, and Christ will bring together everything in heaven and on earth.
11 God always does what he plans, and this is why he appointed Christ to choose us. 12 He did this so we Jews would bring honor to him and be the first ones to have hope because of him. 13 Christ also brought you the truth, which is the good news about how you can be saved. You put your faith in Christ and were given the promised Holy Spirit to show you belong to God.

14 The Spirit also makes us sure we will be given what God has stored up for his people. Then we will be set free, and God will be honored and praised.

Paul's Prayer

18 My prayer is that light will flood your hearts and you will understand the hope given to you when God chose you. Then you will discover the glorious blessings that will be yours together with all God's people.
19 I want you to know about the great and mighty power that God has for us followers. It is the same wonderful power he used 20 t when he raised Christ from death and let him sit at his right sidet in heaven. 21 There Christ rules over all forces, authorities, powers, and rulers. He rules over all beings in this world and will rule in the future world as well. 22 t t God has put all things under the power of Christ, and for the good of the church he has made him the head of everything. 23 The church is the body of Christ and is filled with Christ who completely fills everything.t