1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
1 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 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
3 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 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
4 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 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will--
5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of Gods grace
7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
8 that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,
9 making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
10 to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
10 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 him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
11 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 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
13 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 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are Gods possession--to the praise of his glory.
14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of (Gods) own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
15 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 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
16 cease not to give thanks for you, making mention (of you) in my prayers;
17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
17 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 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
18 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 his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength,
19 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 exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
20 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 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
21 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:
22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
22 and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
23 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.