Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and 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 hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:

having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

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

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

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

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

and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;

whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

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

till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:

knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

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