The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ephesians 01
1 Paul, anapostle ofChrist† Jesus through
the will of God, to the saints who are at
Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 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
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly
places in Christ,
4 even as he chose us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we would be
holy and without defect before him inlove,
5 having predestined us for adoption as
children through Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his desire,
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace,
by which he freely gave us favor in the
Beloved.
7 In him we have our redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of our
trespasses, according to the riches of
his grace
8 which he made to abound toward us in
all wisdom and prudence,
9 making known to us the mystery of his
will, according to his good pleasure which
he purposed in him
10 to an administration of the fullness of
the times, to sum up allthings in Christ, the
things in the heavens and the things on the
earth, in him.
11 We were also assigned an inheritance
in him, having been foreordained according
to the purpose of him who does all
things after the counsel of his will,
12 to the end that we should be to the
praise of his glory, we who had before
hoped in Christ.
13 In him you also, having heard the
word of the truth, the Good News of your
salvation—in whom, having also believed,
you were sealed with the promised Holy
Spirit,
14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to
the redemption of God’s own possession,
to the praise of his glory.
15 For this cause I also, having heard of
the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among
you and the love which you have toward
all the saints,
16 don’t cease to give thanks for you,
making mention of you in my prayers,
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit
of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,
18 having the eyes of your hearts‡ enlightened,
that you may know what is the hope of his
calling, and what are the riches of the
glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of
his power toward us who believe, according
to that working of the strength of his might
20 which he worked in Christ when he
raised him from the dead and made him to
sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all rule, authority, power,
dominion, and every name that is named,
not only in this age, but also in that which
is to come.
22 He put all things in subjection under
his feet, and gave him to be head over all
things for the assembly,
23 which is his body, the fullness of him
who fills all in all.