1 P aul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are 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 to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

3 B lessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places 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 j ust as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless 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 H e predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention 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, which He 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 through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, 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 He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight

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

9 H e made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him

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

10 w ith a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

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 a lso we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel 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 t o the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to 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, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of 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 ho is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, 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 I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for 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 d o not cease giving thanks for you, while 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 to you a spirit of wisdom and of 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 pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, 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 surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might

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 brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His 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 rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one 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 put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to 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,