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

grace and peace to you 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 places in Christ,

he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,

as a plan for the fullness of the times, to unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth. In him

in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of his glory.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him.

which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

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

so that in the coming ages he might show the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we would walk in them.

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

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

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

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

When you read this, you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

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

To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

This was according to the eternal purpose which he carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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

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

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

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

to equip the saints for the work of service, for the building up of the body of Christ;

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to become mature, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into him, who is the head, into Christ,

But you did not learn Christ in this way,

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

For of this you can be sure, that no immoral, impure, or covetous personsuch a man is an idolaterhas any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

For this reason it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

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

Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is himself the Savior.

As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject to their husbands in everything.

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

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,

This is a profound mystery; but I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;

not in the way of eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

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

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