Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the divine appointment to the converts which are at Ephesus, who stand firm in the faith of Christ Jesus:

grace be to you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all the spiritual blessings in Christ's kingdom.

having predetermin'd to adopt us by Jesus Christ to be his children, according to the good pleasure of his own will,

Wherefore having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and of your love to all christians,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, whereby ye may know him:

that in the ages to come, he might shew the immense riches of his gracious kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus.

for he hath made us a-new, and form'd us by Christ Jesus to do good works, for which God had before prepared us, that we might live in them.

but now you who were formerly at a distance, are brought near by the death of Christ Jesus.

being built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, whereof Jesus Christ himself is the main stone of the angle:

This it is that makes me Paul a prisoner for Jesus Christ upon your account, O Gentiles;

in pursuance of that dispensation which he made to former ages by Christ Jesus our Lord:

for this cause I bow my knees unto the father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

unto him be glory in the church, even by Christ Jesus, thro' all the successions of future ages. amen.

and this the burthen of the song, "thanks be to God, even the father, for his son Jesus Christ our Lord."

may our brethren have peace, social affection, and faith from God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

grace be with all those that have love uncorrupted for our Lord Jesus Christ. amen.