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

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

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

in Whom we also were made a heritage, having been predestinated according to the purpose of Him Who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will;

that we might be to the praise of His glory, we who had before hoped in Christ;

in Whom ye also??fter having heard the word of the truth, the Gospel of your salvation, in Whom having also believed??ere sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

and what the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of the strength of His might,

which, indeed, is His body, the fulness of Him Who is filling all in all.

among whom we also all once lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest;

Wherefore, remember that ye, the gentiles in flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in flesh made by hand,

But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who were once afar off were made nigh in the blood of Christ.

For He is our peace, Who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of the partition,

and, coming, He proclaimed the Gospel of peace to you who were afar off, and peace to those who were near;

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

in Whom ye also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

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

and to plainly show what is the dispensation of the mystery which from the ages has been hidden away in God, Who made all things;

in Whom we have boldness and access with confidence through the faith of Him.

from Whom every family in Heaven and on earth is named,

Now to Him Who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

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

He Who descended is Himself also the One Who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.

but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him, Who is the Head, Christ;

from Whom all the body, fitly framed and knit together through every joint of supply, according to the working in due measure of each single part, secures the growth of the body to the upbuilding of itself in love.

who, indeed, having become without feeling, delivered themselves up to lasciviousness for the working of all uncleanness with greediness.

that ye put off, as to your former manner of life, the old man, who is corrupt according to the desires of deceit;

and put on the new man, who after God was created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have to impart to him that has need.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for the supplying of the need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in Whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

For this ye know, assuredly, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Wherefore, He saith: "Awake, you who are sleeping; and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon you!"

So ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

whom I sent to you for this very purpose, that ye may know our affairs, and that he may encourage your hearts.

Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptness.