PAUL, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints in [Ephesus] and the faithful in Christ Jesus.

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

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [worlds] in Christ,

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

that we should be for a praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ;

among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, performing the wishes of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as others;

that he might show in the ages to come the transcendent riches of his grace in goodness to us by Jesus Christ.

For by grace are you saved through the faith; and that not of you; [it is] the gift of God;

Wherefore, remember that you were formerly gentiles by birth, called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made in the flesh by the hand,

but now, in Christ Jesus you who were formerly far off have been made nigh by the blood of Christ.

the enmity, and abolished by his flesh the law of commandments [consisting] of ordinances, that of the two he might create in himself one new man, making peace,

and reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having destroyed the enmity by it.

for through him we both have access by one spirit to the Father.

by which all the building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

that by revelation the mystery was made known to me,??s I wrote before in a few words,

by reading which you can understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ,??5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power.

that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly [worlds] should be made known, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God,

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father,

that he would grant to you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man,

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

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

To him that is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think, by the power which operates in us,

to him be the glory in the church in Jesus Christ to all generations, for ever and ever; amen.

that we may be no longer children, driven about like waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the art of men, and the craftiness of deceitful wiles,

by whom all the body being joined together and compacted by the supply of every joint, according to the proportionate operation of every part, makes increase of the body to the edification of itself in love.

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

that you should lay aside your former mode of life the old man destroyed by deceitful desires,

and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

Be angry and sin not; let not the sun go down on your wrath,

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by which you were sealed to the day of redemption.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, be banished from among you, with all malice.

But be kind one to another, merciful, giving one to another, as God also in Christ gave to you.

Be therefore followers of God, as dear children,

Let not fornication and any impurity or covetousness be named among you, as becomes saints,

Be not therefore partakers with them.

and be not partakers of the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

For the things which are done by them in secret it is base even to mention;

but all things proved to be wrong are made manifest by the light; for every thing which makes manifest is light.

Be not foolish therefore, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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

Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to the Lord,

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

that he might present the church to himself glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it should be holy and blameless.

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

that it may be well with you, and you shall live long in the land.

Servants, be subject to masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your hearts as to Christ,

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

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

Take therefore the whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all to stand.

over all, taking the shield of the faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of evil.

and for me, that a word may be given me at the opening of my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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

The grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with constancy.