Ephesians

The epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians, chapter 1, New English Translation and King James Version

Chapter 1 New English Translation

Salutation

   1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus. 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the LORD Jesus Christ!

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

   3 Blessed is the God and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ. 4 For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love. 5 He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will - 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace 8 that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight. 9 He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, 10 toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ - the things in heaven and the things on earth. 11 In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will 12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory. 13 And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) - when you believed in Christ - you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.

Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation

   15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the LORD Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers. 17 I pray that the God of our LORD Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, 18 - since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened - so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength. 20 This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms 21 far above every 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. 22 And God put all things under Christ's feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things. 23 Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

King James Version

   1 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 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 hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
   4 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 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
   6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
   7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
   8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
   9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
   10 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 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 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
   13 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 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
   15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
   16 Cease not 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 unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
   18 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 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
   20 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 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 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
   23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.