Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus,

and to the faithful in Christ Jesus, Grace be 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 all spiritual blessings in heavenly places through Christ,

Having predestinated us to the adoption of sons to himself by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

in all wisdom and prudence, Having made known unto 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, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, through the knowledge of him.

But God who is rich in mercy,

it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

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

being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise; having no hope, and without God in the world.

And might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.

Therefore ye are no longer strangers, and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints and of the houshold of God,

On whom ye also are built together, for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

For this cause I Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, (Seeing ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God,

Of which I have been made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of his power.

And to let all men see, what is the fellowship of the mystery, which was hidden from the beginning of the world by God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

That the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in heavenly places,

that ye may be filled with all the fulness of God.

One God, and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all.

Till we all come to the unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, by the ignorance that is in them, through the hardness of their hearts:

And to put on the new man, which is created after God, in righteousness and true holiness.

Let him that stole, steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Let no corrupt discourse proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good, to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted; forgiving one another; as God also for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as beloved children: And walk in love,

as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God of a sweet-smelling savour.

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, or unclean person, or covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of 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 even the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Not with eye-service, 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 to men:

Knowing that whatsoever good each man doth, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be a servant or free.

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

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

which is the word of God, Praying alway by the Spirit with all prayer and supplication, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

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