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,

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.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near in the blood of Christ.

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.

grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus 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,

for the government of the fulness of the ages, that all things in heaven and earth are alike should be gathered up in Christ, as Head.

that we who first hoped in Christ should be for the praise of his glory.

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;

which he exercised in raising Christ from the dead, and in seating him at his right hand in the heavenly heights,

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

even while we were dead in our trespasses, made us live together with Christ (it is by grace you have been saved).

together with him He raised us from the dead, and together with Christ Jesus seated us in the heavenly realm,

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

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.

You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone.

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?

By reading what I have written, you can judge of my insight into that secret truth of Christ

namely, that in Christ Jesus the Gentiles form one body with us the Jews, and are coheirs and copartners in the promise, through the gospel.

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

according to his eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

that Christ may make his home in your hearts through your faith; that you may be so deeply rooted and so firmly grounded in love,

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

to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, to all generations, world without end, Amen.

And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the munificence of Christ.

but holding the truth in love we shall grow up in every part into him who is our Head, even Christ.

But you have not so learned Christ,

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

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.

For this reason it is said, "Awake, thou sleeper! Arise from the dead; And Christ shall shine upon thee!"

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

Submit yourselves one to another out of reverence for Christ.

because a husband is the head of his wife even as Christ is head of the church, his body, which he saves.

But as the church submits itself to Christ, so also wives to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it as Christ does the church;