1 ¶ Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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:

2 G race be to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 ¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ;

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 a ccording as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in charity;

according 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:

5 h aving marked out beforehand the way for us to be adopted as sons by Jesus Christ in himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 t o the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved;

to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7 i n whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace,

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

8 w hich has over abounded in us in all wisdom and prudence;

wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

9 h aving made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he has purposed in himself,

having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

10 t hat in the dispensation of the fulfillment of the times he might restore all things by the Christ, both those which are in heaven and those which are on earth,

that 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:

11 i n him in whom likewise we have obtained an inheritance, having had the way marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will,

in 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:

12 s o that we should be to the praise of his glory, those of us who first trusted in the Christ.

that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

13 I n whom ye also trusted, hearing the word of truth, the gospel of your saving health; in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of the promise,

in 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,

14 w hich is the earnest of our inheritance unto the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

15 ¶ Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and charity unto all the saints,

Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

16 c ease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

17 t hat 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;

that 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:

18 i lluminating the eyes of your understanding, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints

the 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,

19 a nd what is the exceeding greatness of his power in us who believe, by the operation of the power of his strength,

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

20 w hich operated in the Christ, raising him from the dead and setting him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

21 f ar above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come,

far 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:

22 A nd has put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the congregation,

and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

23 w hich is his body, and he is the fullness of her: who fills all things in everyone.

which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.