Ephesians 1
1Paul,
an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus
Christ.
3Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4According 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:
5Having
predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted
in the beloved.
7In whom we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed
in himself:
10That 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:
11In 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:
12That we should be to the praise of his glory,
who first trusted in Christ.
13In 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,
14Which
is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and
love unto all the saints,
16Cease not to give
thanks for you, making mention 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 revelation in the knowledge
of him:
18The 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,
19And what is the exceeding greatness
of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in
the heavenly places,
21Far 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:
22And hath put all things under his feet,
and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23Which
is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
