Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.

May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has crowned us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ;

For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--

For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people,

For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father most glorious--to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him,

raised us with Him from the dead, and enthroned us with Him in the heavenly realms as being in Christ Jesus,

in order that, by His goodness to us in Christ Jesus, He might display in the Ages to come the transcendent riches of His grace.

For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were so far away have been brought near through the death of Christ.

You are a building which has been reared on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, the cornerstone being Christ Jesus Himself,

For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles--

I mean the truth that the Gentiles are joint heirs with us Jews, and that they form one body with us, and have the same interest as we have in the promise which has been made good in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

Such was the eternal purpose which He had formed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

to Him be the glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, world without end! Amen.

Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

May grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with perfect sincerity.