Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through God’s will, unto the saints who are [in Ephesus] and faithful in Christ Jesus, —
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed, be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing, in the heavenlies, in Christ,
Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:
4 According as he made choice of us, in him, before the founding of a world, that we might be holy and blameless in his presence; in love,
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
5 marking us out beforehand unto sonship, through Jesus Christ, for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 Unto the praise of the glory of his favour wherewith he favoured us in the Beloved One, —
to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
7 In whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of our offences, according to the riches of his favour,
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
8 which he made to superabound towards us; in all wisdom and prudence,
which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 making known to us the sacred secret of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him, —
making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
10 For an administration of the fulness of the seasons, to reunite for himself (under one head) the all things in the Christ, the things upon the heavens, and the things upon the earth, in him:
unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say],
11 In whom also we were taken as an inheritance, according to the purpose of him who energiseth all things according to the counsel of his will,
in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
12 That we should be for the praise of his glory—we who had hoped beforehand in the Christ, —
to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
13 In whom, ye also—hearing the word of the truth, the glad-message of your salvation, —in whom also believing, —were sealed with the Spirit of the promise, the Holy [Spirit],
in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, —in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of the acquisition; —unto his glorious praise.
which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God’s] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 For this cause, I also, —having heard of the faith on your part in the Lord Jesus, and that towards all the saints,
For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints,
16 Cease not giving thanks in your behalf, making mention in my prayers,
cease not to give thanks for you, making mention [of you] in my prayers;
17 That, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you a Spirit of wisdom and understanding in gaining a personal knowledge of him, —
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
18 The eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that ye may know—what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what the surpassing greatness of his power unto us who believe, —according to the energy of the grasp of his might
and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
20 which he energised in the Christ, when he raised him from among the dead, and seated him at his right hand in the heavenlies,
which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places],
21 Over-above all principality, authority, and power, and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one, (aiōn g165)
far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: (aiōn g165)
22 And did put, all things, in subjection beneath his feet. And gave him to be head over all things unto the assembly,
and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
23 Which, indeed, is his body, the fulness of him who, the all things in all, is for himself filling up.
which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
