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 through the will of God, to the saints who are in 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 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 with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ;

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 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 did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished 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 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 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, in which He did make 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 the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

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

in which He did abound 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 to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He 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,

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 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 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 should be to the praise of his glory, those of us who first trusted in the Christ.

for our being to the praise of His glory, those who did first hope in the 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, 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 w hich is the earnest of our inheritance unto the redemption of the purchased possession, unto 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 ¶ Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and charity unto all the saints,

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

16 c ease not 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 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 the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition 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, 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 exceeding greatness of his power in us who believe, by the operation of the power of his 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 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 the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set at His right hand in the heavenly,

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

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

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, and he is the fullness of her: who fills all things in everyone.

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