[0] Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of
one another. [1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To
the saints who are also faithful in Christ Jesus: [2] 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 has blessed us in Christ with
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, [4] even as he chose us in
him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
blameless before him. [5] He destined us in love to be his sons through
Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, [6] to the praise of
his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. [7] In
him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our
trespasses, according to the riches of his grace [8] which he lavished upon
us. [9] For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery
of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ [10] as
a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in him, things in
heaven and things on earth. [11] In him, according to the purpose of him
who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will, [12] we
who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the
praise of his glory. [13] In him you also, who have heard the word of
truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed
with the promised Holy Spirit, [14] which is the guarantee of our
inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
[15] For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus
and your love toward all the saints, [16] I do not cease to give thanks for
you, remembering you in my prayers, [17] that the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of
revelation in the knowledge of him, [18] 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, [19] and
what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe,
according to the working of his great might [20] which he accomplished in
Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand
in the heavenly places, [21] 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 that which is to come; [22] and he has put all things under his feet and
has made him the head over all things for the church, [23] which is his
body, the fulness of him who fills all in all.
