CHAP. I.
PAUL, 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 unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly things in Christ; 4as he hath elected us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love: 5having predestinated us for his adopted children by Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6to the praise of the glory of his grace, whereby he hath made us acceptable in that beloved one; 7in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8wherein he hath abounded towards us with all wisdom and intelligence, 9having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in himself; 10at the dispensation of the fulness of the appointed times to gather together under one head all things in Christ, whether they be things in heaven or things in earth, in him: 11in whom also we have obtained our inheritance, predestinated according to the purpose of him who effectually worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will: 12that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first had hope in Christ. 13In whom ye also trusted after ye had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the holy Spirit of promise, 14which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the final redemption, acquired by him, come, to the praise of his glory.
15For this cause I also, since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love ye have to all saints, 16have not ceased offering up my praises for you, making mention of you in my prayers, 17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation by the knowledge of him; 18the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he hath called you, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance for the saints, 19and what the transcendent greatness of his power in us, who believe, according to the energy of his mighty strength 20which he displayed in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly regions, 21far above all principality, 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; 22and hath put all things under his feet, and hath appointed him head over all to the church, 23which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
[CHAP. II.]
AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2wherein in times past ye walked after the fashion of this world, after the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now worketh with energy in the children of disobedience: 3among whom also we all have had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as well as the rest. 4But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us, 5though we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) 6and hath raised us up together with him, and made us sit down together in the heavenly regions in Christ Jesus. 7That he might shew forth in the ages to come the transcendent riches of his grace, in the kindness shewed to us in Christ Jesus. 8For by grace ye are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: 9not by works, lest any man should boast; 10for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.
11Wherefore remember that ye in time past were Gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made by hands in the flesh; 12that ye were at that time without Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and atheists in the world: 13but now in Christ Jesus, ye who formerly were far off, are become nigh by the blood of Christ. 14For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of separation, 15destroying the enmity in his flesh, even the law of precepts, in ordinances, that he might from the two create in himself one new man, making peace, 16and might reconcile them both in one body to God by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby; 17and coming, hath preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were nigh: 18for through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19So then ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20built up on the foundation of apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21in whom the whole building exactly cemented together groweth into a holy temple in the Lord: 22by whom also ye have been built up together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
[CHAP. III.]
FOR this cause am I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2if so be, that ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you: 3that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote unto you before briefly; 4wherein when ye read, ye may be able to perceive my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, 5which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it hath been now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6that the Gentiles should be co-heirs, and of the same body, and sharers with them of his promise in Christ by the Gospel: 7of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which was given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 8To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9and to make all men see what the communication of that mystery means, which was hid from the beginning in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions, the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church, 11according to the purpose from everlasting, which he formed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 12in whom we have boldness and access with confidence to God by the faith of him.