Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has crowned us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ;
4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,
even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence.
5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved.
to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.
7 In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
It is in Him, and through the shedding of His blood, that we have our deliverance--the forgiveness of our offences--so abundant was God's grace,
8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us,
9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
when He made known to us the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose
10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.
for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it--the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him.
11 We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,
In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will,
12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.
so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ.
13 In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--having believed in Him--were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit;
14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory.
15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you and the love which you have toward all the saints,
For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people,
16 don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,
For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father most glorious--to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him,
18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened so that you may know what is the hope which His call to you inspires, what the wealth of the glory of His inheritance in God's people,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might
20 which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms,
21 far above all rule, authority, power, dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. (aiōn g165)
high above all other government and authority and power and dominion, and every title of sovereignty used either in this Age or in the Age to come. (aiōn g165)
22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,
23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself.
