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

grace 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 in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

For in his love he predestined us (such was the good pleasure of his will) to adoption for himself as sons through Jesus Christ,

when he made known to us, I say, that good pleasure which he purposed in himself

do not cease to praise God for you, whenever I mention you in my prayers.

I am praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father most glorious, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, through an intimate knowledge of himself;

God has put all things under Christ's feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church,

And so God has given life to you Gentiles also, who were once dead in your trespasses and sins,

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is God's gift.

for we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good deeds, which God predestined us to make our daily way of life.

were once upon a time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the covenants of the Promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Thus he reconciled us both in one body to God by his cross, on which he slew our enmity.

Take notice then that no longer are you strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household.

and in him you, too, are continuously built together for a dwelling-place of God through his Spirit.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles??2 for surely you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God entrusted to me for you?

It is of this gospel I became a minister according to the gift of the power of the grace of God, bestowed on me by the energy of his power.

and should make all men see the new dispensation of that secret purpose, hidden from eternity in the God who founded the universe,

and may know the love of Christ which transcends all knowing, so that you may be filled with all the "plenitude" of God.

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

having their understanding darkened, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

and to put on the new self, created after God's likeness, in the uprightness and holiness of the truth.

From your lips let no evil words come forth, but such as occasion warrants, such as are good for upbuilding and give a blessing to the hearers.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Learn then to imitate God as his beloved children,

and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."

For be well assured that no one guilty of fornication or impurity or covetousness which is idolatry, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Let no man deceive you with empty arguments, for it is these vices that bring down the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience;

and at all times for all things give thanks to God, the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

not with eye service, as men-pleasers, but as the slaves of Christ, doing the will of God;

slaving with good-will from your heart, as for the Lord and not for men;

because you know that whatever good any man does, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be slave or free man.

Put on all the panoply of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the devil.

Therefore take up the panoply of God, so that when the evil day comes you may be able to withstand them, and having overthrown them all, to stand your ground.

Take likewise the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

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