To Christ's People [AT EPHESUS] who are faithful to him, from Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God.

May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

Blessed is the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has blessed us on high with every spiritual blessing, in Christ.

From the first he destined us, in his good-will towards us, to be adopted as Sons through Jesus Christ,

And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ's People,

My prayer is that the God of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all- glorious Father, may inspire you with wisdom and true insight through a fuller knowledge of himself;

And, through our union with Christ Jesus, God raised us with him, and caused us to sit with him on high,

In order that, by his goodness to us in Christ Jesus, he might display in the ages to come the boundless wealth of his loving- kindness.

For we are God's handiwork, created, by our union with Christ Jesus, for the good actions in doing which God had pre-arranged that we should spend our lives.

But now, through your union with Christ Jesus, you who once were 'far off' have, by the shedding of the blood of the Christ, been brought 'near.'

You have been built up upon the foundation laid by the Apostles and Prophets, Christ Jesus himself being 'the corner- stone.'

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

That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the Good News, the Gentiles are co-heirs with us and members of one Body, and that they share with us in God's Promise.

In accordance with that purpose which runs through all the ages and which he has now accomplished in Jesus, the Christ, our Master.

To him be all glory through the Church and through Christ Jesus, for all generations, age after age. Amen.

And through union with him were taught the Truth, as it is to be found in Jesus.

Always give thanks for everything to our God and Father, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

May God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ give our Brothers peace, and love linked with faith.

May God's blessing be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.