Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus.

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

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;

according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

for us to be to the praise of His glory, who previously had trusted in Christ;

And He has put all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church,

among whom we also had our way of life in times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

(even when we were dead in sins) has made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God,

Therefore remember that you, the nations, in time past were in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

But now in Christ Jesus you who were once afar off are made near by the blood of Christ.

and so that He might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity in Himself.

For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I wrote before in few words,

by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

which in other ages 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 nations should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partaker of His promise in Christ through the gospel.

Of this gospel I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of His power.

and to bring to light what is the fellowship of the mystery which from eternity has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ;

so that now to the rulers and powers in the heavenlies might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

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

that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;

that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height,

and to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, forever. Amen.

And truly He gave some to be apostles, and some to be prophets, and some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

so that we no longer may be infants, tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine, in the dishonesty of men, in cunning craftiness, to the wiles of deceit.

from whom the whole body, fitted together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of each part, producing the growth of the body to the edifying of itself in love.

if indeed you have heard Him and were taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus.

and be renewed in the spirit of your mind.

Be angry, and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your wrath,

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed until the day of redemption.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and tumult and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

Therefore be followers of God, as dear children.

For let fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness not be once named among you, as becomes saints,

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.

Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,

that He might present it to Himself as the glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

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

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

Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Therefore take to yourselves the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Above all, take the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

And pray for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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