Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ
Jesus:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly
places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he
predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus
Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his
glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him
we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our
trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished
upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery
of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ
as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him,
things in heaven and things on earth.
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined
according to the purpose of him who works all things according to
the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in
Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when
you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and
believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is
the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,
to the praise of his glory.
For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord
Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give
thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of
wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes
of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to
which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious
inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness
of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his
great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the
dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far
above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above
every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one
to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head
over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of
him who fills all in all.
