1:1 Paul,
an apostle of Christ Jesus
through the will of God,
to the saints
who are in Ephesus
and are faithful
in Christ Jesus:
1:2 Grace to you
and peace
from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 Blessed be
the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us
with every spiritual blessing
in the heavenlies
in Christ,
1:4 Even as He chose us
in Him
before the foundation of the world
to be holy
and without blemish
before Him
in love,
1:5 Predestinating us unto sonship
through Jesus Christ
to Himself,
according to the good pleasure
of His will,
1:6 To the praise
of the glory
of His grace,
with which He
graced us
in the Beloved;
1:7 In whom
we have redemption
through His blood,
the forgiveness of offenses,
according to the riches
of His grace,
1:8 Which He
caused to abound to us
in all wisdom and prudence,
1:9 Making known to us
the mystery of His will
according to His good pleasure,
which He
purposed in Himself,
1:10 Unto the economy
of the fullness of the times,
to head up all things
in Christ,
the things in the heavens
and the things on the earth,
in Him;
1:11 In whom also
we were designated
as an inheritance,
having been predestinated
according to the purpose
of the One
who works all things
according to the counsel
of His will,
1:12 That we
would be
to the praise
of His glory
who have first hoped
in Christ,
1:13 In whom
you also,
having heard
the word of the truth,
the gospel of your salvation,
in Him
also believing,
you were sealed
with the Holy Spirit
of the promise,
1:14 Who is the pledge
of our inheritance
unto the redemption
of the acquired possession,
to the praise
of His glory.
1:15 Therefore
I also,
having heard of
the faith
in the Lord Jesus
which is among you
and your love
to all the saints,
1:16 Do not cease
giving thanks
for you,
making mention of you
in my prayers,
1:17 That the God
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father
of glory,
may give to you
a spirit
of wisdom and revelation
in the full knowledge
of Him,
1:18 The eyes
of your heart
having been enlightened,
that you
may know
what is
the hope of His calling,
1:19 And what is
the surpassing greatness
of His power
toward us
who believe,
according to the operation
of the might
of His strength,
1:20 Which He
caused to operate
in Christ
in raising Him
from the dead
and seating Him
at His right hand
in the heavenlies,
1:21 Far above
all rule and authority
and power and lordship
and every name
that is named
not only in this age
but also in that
which is to come;
1:22 And He
subjected all things
under His feet
and gave Him
to be Head
over all things
to the church,
1:23 Which is
His Body,
the fullness of the One
who fills all
in all.
2:1 And you,
though dead
in your offenses and sins,
2:2 In which
you once walked
according to the age
of this world,
according to the ruler
of the authority
of the air,
of the spirit
which is now operating
in the sons of disobedience;
2:3 Among whom
we also all
conducted ourselves once
in the lusts of our flesh,
doing the desires
of the flesh
and of the thoughts,
and were
by nature
children of wrath,
even as the rest;
2:4 But God,
being rich in mercy,
because of His great love
with which He loved us,
2:5 Even when we were dead
in offenses,
made us alive
together with Christ
(by grace
you have been saved)
2:6 And raised us up
together with Him
and seated us
together with Him
in the heavenlies
in Christ Jesus,
2:7 That He might display
in the ages to come
the surpassing riches
of His grace
in kindness
toward us
in Christ Jesus.
2:8 For by grace
you have been saved
through faith,
and this
not of yourselves;
it is
the gift of God;
2:9 Not of works
that no one should boast.
2:10 For we are His masterpiece,
created in Christ Jesus
for good works,
which God prepared beforehand
in order that we would walk
in them.
2:11 Therefore remember
that once you,
the Gentiles in the flesh,
those who are called uncircumcision
by that
which is called circumcision
in the flesh
made by hands,
2:12 That you were
at that time
apart from Christ,
alienated from
the commonwealth of Israel,
and strangers
to the covenants
of the promise,
having no hope
and without God
in the world.
2:13 But now
in Christ Jesus
you who were once far off
have become near
in the blood of Christ.
2:14 For He Himself
is our peace,
He who has made both one
and has broken down
the middle wall of partition, the enmity,
2:15 Abolishing in His flesh
the law
of the commandments
in ordinances,
that He might create the two
in Himself
into one new man,
so making peace,
2:16 And might reconcile both
in one Body
to God
through the cross,
having slain the enmity
by it.
2:17 And coming,
He announced peace
as the gospel
to you
who were far off,
and peace
to those
who were near,
2:18 For through Him
we both have access
in one Spirit
unto the Father.
2:19 So then
you are
no longer strangers and sojourners,
but you are
fellow citizens
with the saints
and members
of the household of God,
2:20 Being built
upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets,
Christ Jesus Himself
being the cornerstone;
2:21 In whom
all the building,
being fitted together,
is growing
into a holy temple
in the Lord;
2:22 In whom
you also
are being built together
into a dwelling place
of God
in spirit.
3:1 For this cause
I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus
on behalf of you, the Gentiles —
3:2 If indeed you have heard of
the stewardship
of the grace of God
which was given
to me
for you,
3:3 That by revelation
the mystery was made known
to me,
as I have written previously
in brief,
3:4 By which,
in reading it,
you can perceive my understanding
in the mystery of Christ,
3:5 Which in other generations
was not made known
to the sons of men,
as it has now been revealed
to His holy apostles and prophets
in spirit,
3:6 That in Christ Jesus
the Gentiles are
fellow heirs
and fellow members of the Body
and fellow partakers of the promise
through the gospel,
3:7 Of which
I became a minister
according to the gift
of the grace of God
which was given
to me
according to the operation
of His power.
3:8 To me,
less than the least
of all saints,
was this grace given
to announce
to the Gentiles
the unsearchable riches
of Christ
as the gospel
3:9 And to enlighten all
that they may see
what the economy of the mystery is,
which throughout the ages
has been hidden in God,
who created all things,
3:10 In order that
now to the rulers and the authorities
in the heavenlies
the multifarious wisdom
of God
might be made known
through the church,
3:11 According to the eternal purpose
which He made
in Christ Jesus our Lord,
3:12 In whom
we have boldness and access
in confidence
through faith
in Him.
3:13 Therefore
I ask you
not to faint
at my afflictions
for your sake,
since they are your glory.
3:14 For this cause
I bow my knees
unto the Father,
3:15 Of whom
every family
in the heavens and on earth
is named,
3:16 That He would grant you,
according to the riches
of His glory,
to be strengthened
with power
through His Spirit
into the inner man,
3:17 That Christ
may make His home
in your hearts
through faith,
that you,
being rooted and grounded
in love,
3:18 May be full of strength
to apprehend
with all the saints
what the breadth and length and height and depth are
3:19 And to know
the knowledge-surpassing love
of Christ,
that you may be filled
unto all the fullness of God.
3:20 But to Him
who is able to do superabundantly
above all
that we ask or think,
according to the power
which operates in us,
3:21 To Him
be the glory
in the church and in Christ Jesus
unto all the generations
forever and ever.
Amen.
4:1 I beseech you therefore,
I, the prisoner in the Lord,
to walk worthily of the calling
with which you were called,
4:2 With all lowliness and meekness,
with long-suffering,
bearing one another
in love,
4:3 Being diligent
to keep the oneness
of the Spirit
in the uniting bond
of peace:
4:4 One Body and one Spirit,
even as also you were called
in one hope
of your calling;
4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism;
4:6 One God and Father of all,
who is over all
and through all
and in all.
4:7 But to each one of us
grace was given
according to the measure
of the gift of Christ.
4:8 Therefore the Scripture says,
“Having ascended
to the height,
He led captive
those taken captive
and gave gifts to men.”
4:9 (Now this, “He ascended,”
what is it
except that He
also descended
into the lower parts
of the earth?
4:10 He who descended,
He is also the One
who ascended
far above all the heavens
that He might fill
all things.)
4:11 And He Himself gave
some as apostles
and some as prophets
and some as evangelists
and some as shepherds and teachers,
4:12 For the perfecting of the saints
unto the work of the ministry,
unto the building up
of the Body of Christ,
4:13 Until we all
arrive at the oneness
of the faith
and of the full knowledge
of the Son of God,
at a full-grown man,
at the measure
of the stature
of the fullness of Christ,
4:14 That we may be
no longer little children
tossed by waves
and carried about
by every wind
of teaching
in the sleight of men,
in craftiness
with a view to
a system of error,
4:15 But holding to truth
in love,
we may grow up
into Him
in all things,
who is
the Head, Christ,
4:16 Out from whom
all the Body,
being joined together
and being knit together
through every joint
of the rich supply
and through the operation
in the measure
of each one part,
causes
the growth of the Body
unto the building up
of itself
in love.
4:17 This therefore
I say and testify
in the Lord,
that you
no longer walk
as the Gentiles also walk
in the vanity
of their mind,
4:18 Being darkened
in their understanding,
alienated from
the life of God
because of the ignorance
which is in them,
because of the hardness
of their heart;
4:19 Who, being past feeling,
have given themselves over
to lasciviousness
to work all uncleanness
in greediness.
4:20 But you
did not so learn Christ,
4:21 If indeed
you have heard Him
and have been taught in Him
as the reality is in Jesus,
4:22 That you put off,
as regards
your former manner of life,
the old man,
which is being corrupted
according to the lusts
of the deceit,
4:23 And that you be renewed
in the spirit
of your mind
4:24 And put on the new man,
which was created
according to God
in righteousness and holiness
of the reality.
4:25 Therefore
having put off the lie,
speak truth
each one
with his neighbor,
for we are members
one of another.
4:26 Be angry,
yet do not sin;
do not let the sun
go down
on your indignation,
4:27 Neither give place
to the devil.
4:28 He who steals
should steal no more,
but rather
should labor,
working with his own hands
in that
which is respectable,
that he may have something
to share
with him
who has need.
4:29 Let no corrupt word
proceed
out of your mouth,
but only that
which is good
for building up,
according to the need,
that it may give grace
to those
who hear.
4:30 And do not grieve
the Holy Spirit of God,
in whom you
were sealed
unto the day of redemption.
4:31 Let all bitterness and anger and wrath
and clamor and evil speaking
be removed from you,
with all malice.
4:32 And be kind
to one another,
tenderhearted,
forgiving one another,
even as God in Christ also
forgave you.
5:1 Be therefore
imitators of God,
as beloved children;
5:2 And walk in love,
even as Christ also
loved us
and gave Himself up for us,
an offering and a sacrifice
to God
for a sweet-smelling savor.
5:3 But fornication
and all uncleanness
or greediness,
let it not even be named
among you,
as is fitting for saints,
5:4 And obscenity
and foolish talking
or sly, filthy jesting,
which are not becoming,
but rather the giving of thanks.
5:5 For this
you realize,
knowing that every fornicator
or unclean person
or greedy person
(who is an idolater)
has no inheritance
in the kingdom
of Christ and of God.
5:6 Let no one
deceive you
with vain words,
for because of these things
the wrath of God
is coming
upon the sons of disobedience.
5:7 Therefore
do not be
partakers with them;
5:8 For you
were once darkness
but are now light in the Lord;
walk as children of light
5:9 (For the fruit of the light
consists in
all goodness and righteousness and truth),
5:10 Proving
what is well pleasing
to the Lord.
5:11 And do not participate in
the unfruitful works of darkness,
but rather even reprove them.
5:12 For the things
which are done by them
in secret
it is shameful
even to speak of.
5:13 But all things
which are reproved
are made manifest
by the light;
for everything
that makes manifest
is light.
5:14 Therefore He says,
Awake, sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ
will shine on you.
5:15 Look therefore carefully
how you walk,
not as unwise,
but as wise,
5:16 Redeeming the time,
because the days
are evil.
5:17 Therefore do not be foolish,
but understand
what the will of the Lord is.
5:18 And do not be drunk with wine,
in which is dissoluteness,
but be filled in spirit,
5:19 Speaking to one another
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and psalming
with your heart
to the Lord,
5:20 Giving thanks
at all times
for all things
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
to our God and Father,
5:21 Being subject to one another
in the fear of Christ:
5:22 Wives,
be subject
to your own husbands
as to the Lord;
5:23 For a husband
is head of the wife
as also Christ
is Head of the church,
He Himself
being the Savior of the Body.
5:24 But as the church
is subject to Christ,
so also let the wives
be subject to their husbands
in everything.
5:25 Husbands,
love your wives
even as Christ also
loved the church
and gave Himself up
for her
5:26 That He
might sanctify her,
cleansing her
by the washing
of the water in the word,
5:27 That He
might present the church
to Himself glorious,
not having
spot or wrinkle or any such things,
but that she
would be
holy and without blemish.
5:28 In the same way
the husbands also
ought to love
their own wives
as their own bodies;
he who loves his own wife
loves himself.
5:29 For no one ever
hated his own flesh,
but nourishes and cherishes it,
even as Christ also
the church,
5:30 Because we
are members of His Body.
5:31 For this cause
a man
shall leave his father and mother
and shall be joined to his wife,
and the two
shall be one flesh.
5:32 This mystery
is great,
but I speak
with regard to Christ and the church.
5:33 Nevertheless you also,
each one of you,
in the same way
love your own wife
as yourself;
and the wife
should fear her husband.
6:1 Children,
obey your parents
in the Lord,
for this is right.
6:2 “Honor your father and mother,”
which is the first commandment
with a promise,
6:3 “That it
may be well with you
and that you
may live long
on the earth.”
6:4 And fathers,
do not provoke your children
to anger,
but nurture them
in the discipline and admonition
of the Lord.
6:5 Slaves,
be obedient to those
who are your masters
according to the flesh
with fear and trembling,
in singleness of your heart,
as to Christ;
6:6 Not with eye-service
as men-pleasers
but as slaves of Christ,
doing the will of God
from the soul;
6:7 With good will
serving as slaves,
as serving the Lord
and not men;
6:8 Knowing that whatever good thing
each one does,
this he will receive back
from the Lord,
whether he
is a slave or a free man.
6:9 And masters,
do the same things
toward them,
giving up your threatening,
knowing that both their Master and yours
is in the heavens,
and there is
no respect of persons
with Him.
6:10 Finally,
be empowered
in the Lord
and in the might of His strength.
6:11 Put on
the whole armor of God
that you
may be able to stand
against the stratagems of the devil,
6:12 For our wrestling
is not against blood and flesh
but against the rulers,
against the authorities,
against the world-rulers of this darkness,
against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies.
6:13 Therefore take up
the whole armor of God
that you
may be able to withstand
in the evil day,
and having done all,
to stand.
6:14 Stand therefore,
having girded your loins
with truth
and having put on
the breastplate of righteousness
6:15 And having shod your feet
with the firm foundation
of the gospel of peace;
6:16 Besides all these,
having taken up
the shield of faith,
with which you
will be able to quench
all the flaming darts
of the evil one.
6:17 And receive
the helmet of salvation
and the sword of the Spirit,
which Spirit
is the word of God,
6:18 By means of
all prayer and petition,
praying at every time
in spirit
and watching unto this
in all perseverance and petition
concerning all the saints,
6:19 And for me,
that utterance
may be given to me
in the opening of my mouth,
to make known in boldness
the mystery of the gospel,
6:20 For which
I am
an ambassador in a chain,
that in it
I would speak boldly,
as I ought to speak.
6:21 But that you also
may know
the things concerning me,
how I am doing,
Tychicus,
the beloved brother
and faithful minister in the Lord,
will make all things
known to you.
6:22 Him I have sent to you
for this very thing,
that you
may know
the things concerning us
and that he
may comfort your hearts.
6:23 Peace to the brothers
and love with faith
from God the Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
6:24 Grace be
with all those
who love our Lord Jesus Christ
in incorruptibility.
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