Chapter 1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The Eternal Plan of the Father

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing on high in Christ.

Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish in his sight in love.

He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ as his sons, according to the purpose of his will,

unto the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has favored us in his beloved Son. Realized in the Son

In him we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace.

This grace has abounded beyond measure in us in all wisdom and prudence,

so that he may make known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure. And this his good pleasure he purposed in him

to be dispensed in the fullness of the times: to re-establish all things in Christ, both those in the heavens and those on the earth. Fulfilled through the Holy Spirit

In him, I say, in whom we also have been called by a special choice, having been predestined in the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

to contribute to the praise of his glory---we who before hoped in Christ.

And in him you too, when you had heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and believed in it, were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

who is the pledge of our inheritance, for a redemption of possession, for the praise of his glory. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Wherefore I on my part, hearing of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and of your love for all the saints,

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

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in deep knowledge of him:

the eyes of your mind being enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

and what the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe. Its measure is the working of his mighty power,

which he has wrought in Christ in raising him from the dead, and setting him at his right hand in heaven

above every Principality and Power and Virtue and Domination---in short, above every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.

And all things he made subject under his feet, and him he gave as head over all the Church,

which indeed is his body, the completion of him who fills all with all.