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;

according as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him;

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

that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who have before placed our hope in the Messiah;

and put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

among whom even we all had our way of life in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others;

even when dead through our trespasses, life with Christ,by grace have ye been saved,

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

Wherefore remember, that in time past ye, the gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcised by those who are called circumcised, having the circumcision of the flesh, performed by hand,

but now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who formerly were afar off, have been brought nigh by the blood of Christ.

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

that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

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,

Wherefore I entreat you not to be disheartened by the troubles I am suffering for you, since they are your glory.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, ye having been rooted and grounded in love,

that ye may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,

and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fullness of God.

to him be the glory in the church in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and borne about by every wind of teaching, through the dishonest tricks of men, and their cunning in the wily arts of error;

from whom the whole body, well put together and compacted by means of every supplying joint, is, according to the working of each part in its proportion, building itself up in love.

and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

"Be angry, and sin not;" let not the sun go down upon your wrath;

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;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evilspeaking, be put away from you, with all malice;

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;

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints,

Be not therefore partakers with them.

For the things done in secret by them it is a shame even to speak of.

But all things, when reproved, are made manifest by the light; for whatever maketh manifest is light.

Wherefore be not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled with the Spirit,

But as the church is subject to Christ, so let wives be to their husbands in everything.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of the water in the word;

that he himself might present to himself the church, glorious, having no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

"For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."

"that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live long on the earth."

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

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

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.

taking up, in addition to all, the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the Evil One;

and for me, that utterance may be given me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

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

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an incorruptible love.