1 P aul, an apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), by the divine will (the purpose and the choice of God) to the saints (the consecrated, set-apart ones) at Ephesus who are also faithful and loyal and steadfast in Christ Jesus:

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2 M ay grace (God’s unmerited favor) and spiritual peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

3 M ay blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm!

Blessed the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

4 E ven as He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love.

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

5 F or He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will '> because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]—

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

6 t o the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

7 I n Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor,

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

8 W hich He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence),

in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

9 M aking known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (of His plan, of His purpose). In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him,

having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

10 f or the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and head them up and consummate them in Christ, things in heaven and things on the earth.

in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth -- in him;

11 I n Him we also were made heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will,

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

12 S o that we who first hoped in Christ live for the praise of His glory!

for our being to the praise of His glory, those who did first hope in the Christ,

13 I n Him you also who have heard the Word of Truth, the glad tidings (Gospel) of your salvation, and have believed in and adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit.

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth -- the good news of your salvation -- in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

14 T hat is the guarantee of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption and our acquiring possession of it—to the praise of His glory.

which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.

15 F or this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints (the people of God),

Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love to all the saints,

16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.

do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

17 t he God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

18 B y having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

19 A nd what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,

and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

20 W hich He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly,

which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set at His right hand in the heavenly,

21 F ar above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come.

far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;

22 A nd He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church,

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him -- head over all things to the assembly,

23 W hich is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all.

which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,