Ephesians, 1

1. Paul, by the will of God an apostle of Christ Jesus, to God's holy people, faithful in Christ Jesus.

1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

2. Grace [be] to you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.

3. Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ.

3. Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:

4. Thus he chose us in Christ before the world was made to be holy and faultless before him in love,

4. According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5. marking us out for himself beforehand, to be adopted sons, through Jesus Christ. Such was his purpose and good pleasure,

5. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6. to the praise of the glory of his grace, his free gift to us in the Beloved,

6. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7. in whom, through his blood, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins. Such is the richness of the grace

7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8. which he has showered on us in all wisdom and insight.

8. Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

9. He has let us know the mystery of his purpose, according to his good pleasure which he determined beforehand in Christ,

9. Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

10. for him to act upon when the times had run their course: that he would bring everything together under Christ, as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth.

10. That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; [even] in him:

11. And it is in him that we have received our heritage, marked out beforehand as we were, under the plan of the One who guides all things as he decides by his own will,

11. In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

12. chosen to be, for the praise of his glory, the people who would put their hopes in Christ before he came.

12. That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

13. Now you too, in him, have heard the message of the truth and the gospel of your salvation, and having put your trust in it you have been stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit of the Promise,

13. In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

14. who is the pledge of our inheritance, for the freedom of the people whom God has taken for his own, for the praise of his glory.

14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

15. That is why I, having once heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus, and your love for all God's holy people,

15. Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

16. have never failed to thank God for you and to remember you in my prayers.

16. Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

17. May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him.

17. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

18. May he enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, how rich is the glory of the heritage he offers among his holy people,

18. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

19. and how extraordinarily great is the power that he has exercised for us believers; this accords with the strength of his power

19. And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

20. at work in Christ, the power which he exercised in raising him from the dead and enthroning him at his right hand, in heaven,

20. Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places],

21. far above every principality, ruling force, power or sovereignty, or any other name that can be named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.

21. Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

22. He has put all things under his feet, and made him, as he is above all things, the head of the Church;

22. And hath put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be] the head over all [things] to the church,

23. which is his Body, the fullness of him who is filled, all in all.

23. Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.