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

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation,?in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.

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

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

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

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which he put to death their enmity.

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

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

to the intent that now through the church the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places,

and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;

and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

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

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

And walk in love, even as Christ also loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

Do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father;

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

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

Therefore, put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace;

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

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.