1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus,
2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before him in love,
5Having predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6to the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has graciously given us in the Beloved,
7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
8which he abundantly poured out on us in all wisdom and understanding
9Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he set forth in him
10to a plan for the fullness of the ages, to sum up all things in the Messiah, things in the heavens and things on the earth; in him,
11In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the one who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
12so that we who were the first to hope in the Messiah might be for the praise of his glory.
13In him, when you also heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and in him, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,
14which is the guarantee of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, for the praise of his glory.
15For this reason also I, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and the love toward all the saints,
16I do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,
18Having the eyes of your heart enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,
19and what is the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe according to the working of the strength of his might
20which he worked in the Messiah by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavenly places
21far 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;
22And he subjected all things under his feet, and gave him as head over all to the church,
23which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in all.