Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will:

To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus.

so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.

I pray that the perception of your mind may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints,

so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—

not from works, so that no one can boast.

For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.

So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands.

He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.

He did this so that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross and put the hostility to death by it.

So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,

You also are being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.

you have heard, haven’t you, about the administration of God’s grace that He gave to me for you?

I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of His power.

This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.

So then I ask you not to be discouraged over my afflictions on your behalf, for they are your glory.

may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love,

and to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah’s gift.

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into a mature man with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness.

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.

you put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

The thief must no longer steal. Instead, he must do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.

And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by Him for the day of redemption.

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.

So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.

Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the tactics of the Devil.

This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.

Take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is God’s word.

Tychicus, our dearly loved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me so that you may be informed.