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

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

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will --

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ -- the things in heaven and the things on earth.

In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) -- when you believed in Christ -- you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

And God put all things under Christ's feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things.

even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! --

and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles --

When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ.

namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

To me -- less than the least of all the saints -- this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God -- a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ's full stature.

But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

But you did not learn about Christ like this,

Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church -- he himself being the savior of the body.

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

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

For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

This mystery is great -- but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ,

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

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

Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.