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

having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in himself;

which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the final redemption, acquired by him, come, to the praise of his glory.

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he hath called you, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance for the saints,

which he displayed in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly regions,

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

which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us,

for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.

if so be, that ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you:

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it hath been now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which was given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

and to make all men see what the communication of that mystery means, which was hid from the beginning in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

according to the purpose from everlasting, which he formed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Wherefore I beseech you, that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Now to him that is able to do above all things, exceeding abundantly, beyond what we ask or think, according to the power which effectually worketh in us;

I THEN, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,

darkened in understanding; alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them; through the blindness of their hearts:

that ye put off respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful passions;

and put on the new man, which is created godlike, in righteousness and true holiness.

Let him that stole steal no more; but rather labour hard, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that is in want.

or obscenity, or foolish talk, or loose witticisms; things which become not [a Christian], but rather thanksgiving.

But all things which are rebukeable are made manifest by the light; for it is the light, by which every thing is made manifest.

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is sottishness, but be filled with the Spirit;

"Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with a promise;)

and over all lifting up the shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

But that ye also may know the things which concern me, and what I am doing, Tychicus will inform you of the whole, a beloved brother, and faithful in the Lord: