PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints that are in Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly things in Christ,

according as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love,

for the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he has shown us favor in the Beloved,

by making known to us the mystery of his will according to his good purpose which he had before established in himself,

that we should be for the praise of his glory; even we, who before had hope in the Christ:

among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the feelings, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others:

made alive with Christ even us, being dead to our offenses, (by grace you are saved,)

that he might show, in the ages to come, the exceeding riches of his grace by his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

For by grace you have been saved through the faith; and this matter is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:

not by works, lest any one should boast.

For which reason, remember that you were formerly Gen tiles, by natural descent, and that you are called Uncircumcision by the Circumcision; so called, from a mark made in the flesh by hands;

but now, in Christ Jesus, you, who were formerly far off, have become near, by the blood of the Christ.

having abolished, in his flesh, the cause of enmity, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might, by himself, form the two into one new man, thus making peace;

and that he might reconcile both, in one body, to God, through the cross, having by it put to death the cause of enmity;

in whom you also are builded together, for a dwelling-place of God by his Spirit.

that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, (as I briefly wrote above,

which, in other generations, was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in the Christ, through the gospel,

to me, who am by far the least of all the saints, has this grace been given, that I might preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Christ,

to the end that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known, through the church, to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly regions,

according to the arrangement of the ages, which he established by Christ Jesus our Lord,

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that he may grant to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be mightily strengthened by his Spirit in the inner man,

that, being rooted and founded in love, you may be fully able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and hight,

and to know the love of the Christ that passes our knowledge, that you may be filled with aft the fullness of God.

to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, through out all the generations of the age of ages. Amen.

And he himself gave some to be apostles, and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

that we might no longer be children, tossed and carried about by every wind of teaching, through the artifice of men, through craftiness used by them for the deliberate planning of deceit;

from whom the whole body, compactly fitted together, and united by every helping joint, according to the energy in the measure of each part, makes increase of the body, for the building up of itself in love.

if, indeed, you have heard of him, and been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Be angry, and yet do not sin: let not the sun go down on your wrath,

Let all bitterness and anger and wrath and clamor and impious speaking be put away from you, with all malice:

and be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Be you, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children;

But lewdness, and all manner of uncleanness, or covetousness, let them not be named among you, as it becomes saints;

Therefore, be not partakers with them.

for it is a shame even to speak of the things that are done by them in secret.

But all these works, when reproved, are made manifest by the light: for every thing that makes manifest is light.

Wherefore, be not ignorant, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;

Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord:

But as the church is subject to the Christ, so, also, let the wives be subject to their own husbands in every thing.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of water through the word,

in order that he might present it to himself a glorious church, having neither stain, nor wrinkle, nor any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

Servants, be subject to your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in his mighty power.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the wiles of the devil:

Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand them in the evil day, and having overcome them all, to stand firm.

and having your feet shod with that preparation for defense supplied by the gospel of peace;

taking up, over all, the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one:

and for me, that speech may be given me, in opening my mouth with boldness, that I may make known the mystery of the gospel,

Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.