Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are [in Ephesus], and believers in Christ Jesus:

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly regions in Christ;

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

in whom we also obtained the inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will,

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

in whom ye also, after having heard the word of truth, the glad tidings of your salvation, in whom, I say, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit that was promised,

and what the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

which is his body, the fullness of him who filleth all with all;

and you also [he raised up], who were dead through your trespasses and sins,

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;

but God, who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, gave to us,

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.

For it is he who is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition between us, that is, the enmity;

And he came and brought the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and of peace to those that were near;

in whom all the building, fitly framed together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord;

in whom ye also are built together into a dwellingplace of God in the Spirit.

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to make known among the gentiles the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ,

to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery, which hath been hidden for ages in God, who created all things;

in whom we have our boldness and our access in confidence, through faith in him.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth receiveth its name,

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

He who descended is the same as he who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

but cleaving to truth in love, may grow up in all things unto him who is the head, even Christ;

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.

who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to wantonness, to work all uncleanness in greediness.

that as to your former way of life ye should put off the old man, who perisheth according to the lusts of deceit,

and that ye put on the new man, who was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

For of this ye are sure, since ye know that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church,he, who is the Saviour of the body.

whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that ye may know about us, and that he may comfort your hearts.

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