PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints that are in Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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

for a dispensation at the fullness of the times, in order that he might bring together for himself all things in the Christ, both those which are in the heavens, and those which are on earth;

that we should be for the praise of his glory; even we, who before had hope in the Christ:

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the acknowledgment of him,

that, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the glorious riches of his inheritance in the saints,

high above every principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come;

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is actively at work in the sons of disobedience:

that he might show, in the ages to come, the exceeding riches of his grace by his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

For we are his workman ship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.

For which reason, remember that you were formerly Gen tiles, by natural descent, and that you are called Uncircumcision by the Circumcision; so called, from a mark made in the flesh by hands;

that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the community of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and having no God in the world:

For he is our peace, who has made both parties one, and broken down the partition wall that separated us,

having abolished, in his flesh, the cause of enmity, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might, by himself, form the two into one new man, thus making peace;

and that he might reconcile both, in one body, to God, through the cross, having by it put to death the cause of enmity;

that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, (as I briefly wrote above,

so that, when you read, you can see my understanding in the mystery of the Christ,)

that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in the Christ, through the gospel,

to me, who am by far the least of all the saints, has this grace been given, that I might preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Christ,

to the end that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known, through the church, to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly regions,

that he may grant to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be mightily strengthened by his Spirit in the inner man,

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith;

that, being rooted and founded in love, you may be fully able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and hight,

and to know the love of the Christ that passes our knowledge, that you may be filled with aft the fullness of God.

Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to his power which works in us,

But this He ascended what does it mean, but that he also descended into the lower earthly regions?

He that descended is also he that ascended high above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

till we all come to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature that fully develops the Christ;

that we might no longer be children, tossed and carried about by every wind of teaching, through the artifice of men, through craftiness used by them for the deliberate planning of deceit;

This I say, therefore, and appeal to you solemnly in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the other Gentiles walk, in the error of their minds,

darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;

who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to licentiousness, that they may work all manner of uncleanness with greediness.

that, as to your former life, you put off the old man, which is corrupt, according to its deceitful desires,

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Let him that steals, steal no more: but rather let labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that has need.

Let no impure speech come out of your mouth, but whatever is good for needful edification, that it may give grace to the hearers:

For you know this, that no lewd nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and of God.

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

But all these works, when reproved, are made manifest by the light: for every thing that makes manifest is light.

Wherefore, the scripture says: Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.

See, then, that you walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise men,

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

in order that he might present it to himself a glorious church, having neither stain, nor wrinkle, nor any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself;

But yet, let each one of you so love his wife as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence her husband.

that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

knowing that whatever good any one does, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he is a servant or a freeman.

And you masters, do the same things to them, leaving off threatening, knowing that you yourselves have a master in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the wiles of the devil:

Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand them in the evil day, and having overcome them all, to stand firm.

and having your feet shod with that preparation for defense supplied by the gospel of peace;

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

for which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

But that you, also, may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, my beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make known all things to you;

him I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts.