Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the sanctified who are at Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm.

according as he had chosen us in him through love, before the foundation of the world was laid, that we should be saints, and without blame before him, through love.

He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will—

so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son.

In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace

which He lavished upon us. Through perfect wisdom and spiritual insight

in doing what He intended through Christ, to make known to us His secret plan, according to what pleased Him.

so that, at the coming of the climax of the ages, everything in heaven and on earth should be unified through Christ,

In him through whom we also have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him that worketh all things after the counsel of his own will,

So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:

In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,

I am praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father most glorious, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, through an intimate knowledge of himself;

And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

But God, being rich in mercy, through his great love that he loved us,

Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),

and hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly things through Christ Jesus.

[and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption].

For, by his favour, have ye been saved, through means of faith, and this hath come to pass - not from you, of God, the free-gift!

For He has made us what we are, because He has created us through our union with Christ Jesus for doing good deeds which He beforehand planned for us to do.

But now [at this very moment] in Christ Jesus you who once were [so very] far away [from God] have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

For it is he who is our peace. Through his mortality he made both groups one by tearing down the wall of hostility that divided them.

and hath also put away, through his flesh, the cause of hatred - that is to say, the law of commandments contained in the law written - for to make of twain one new man in himself, so making peace.

And might fully reconcile them both, in one body, through means of the cross, - slaying the enmity thereby; -

Because, through him, we have our introduction - we both - in one Spirit, unto the Father.

In union with Him the whole building is harmoniously fitted together and continues to grow into a temple, sacred through its union with the Lord,

In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

and how this secret was made known to me through a revelation, just as I wrote about briefly in the past.

which in the earlier ages, so different from the present, was not made known to mankind as fully as now, but through the Spirit it has been revealed to His Holy apostles and prophets --

That they who are of the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through means of the glad-message, -

Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

and to make plain [to everyone] the plan of the mystery [regarding the uniting of believing Jews and Gentiles into one body] which [until now] was kept hidden through the ages in [the mind of] God who created all things.

In order that now, unto the principalities and the authorities in the heavenlies, might be made known, through means of the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God, -

according to God's eternal purpose which He carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

In whom we have our freedom of speech and introduction with assurance, through the faith of him; -

So I ask you not to lose heart at my sufferings on your behalf, for they are your glory and honor.

In order that he may give unto you - according to his glorious riches, with power, to be strengthened, through his Spirit, in the inner man,

That the Christ may dwell, through means of your faith, in your hearts, in love, having become rooted and founded,

and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].

Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,

be glory in the church and through Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

in all humbleness of mind, and meekness, and long suffering, forbearing one another through love,

continuing with eager earnestness to maintain the unity of the Spirit through the tie of peace.

One God and Father of all - who is over all, and through all, and in all.

so that we may not be babies any longer, or like sailors tossed about and driven around by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men through their cunning in inventing new methods of error.

Out of whom all the body - fitly framing itself together, and connecting itself, through means of every joint of supply, by way of energising in the measure of each single part - secureth the growing of the body, unto an upbuilding of itself in love.

having their understanding darkened, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

[I am] assuming that you have heard Him [i.e., through the Gospel message] and were taught the truth that is in [harmony with] Jesus.

that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [but seek to please Him], by whom you were sealed and marked [branded as God’s own] for the day of redemption [the final deliverance from the consequences of sin].

You must practice being kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has graciously forgiven you.

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments [that encourage you to sin], for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience [those who habitually sin].

to sanctify it, and cleansed it in the fountain of water through the word,

In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might.

praying through every prayer and entreaty at every time in spirit, and being alert in this same thing in all perseverance and entreaty for all the sanctified,