Chapter 1

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