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

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly regions in Christ;

having in love predestinated us for himself to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

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

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him;

but God, who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, gave to us,

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

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

that ye were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

and might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having slain on it the enmity.

So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but are fellowcitizens with the saints, and members of the household of God,

in whom ye also are built together into a dwellingplace of God in the Spirit.

if, indeed, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given me toward you,

of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power.

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

to the intent that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions might be 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 fullness of God.

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

till we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a fullgrown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts;

and that ye put on the new man, who was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Let him that stealeth steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands at that which is good, that he may have to give to him that is in need.

Let no foul language proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for edification, as the need may be, that it may benefit the hearers;

and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

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

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

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

For of this ye are sure, since ye know that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Let no one deceive you with vain words; for because of these things the wrath of God cometh upon the sons of disobedience.

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

not with eyeservice as menpleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

doing service with good will, as to the Lord, and not to men;

knowing that whatever good each one shall have done, that shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be bondman 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 receive 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.