Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and the 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 blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

having predestinated us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, would give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the full knowledge of Him;

but God, being rich in mercy, on account of His great love wherewith He loved us,

For by grace ye have been saved through faith: and this, not of yourselves, it is the gift of God:

for we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.

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

and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;

Accordingly, therefore, ye are no longer strangers and sojourners; but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the house-hold of God;

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

if, at least, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.

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 order that now might be made known to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

and to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness 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 full knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man??o the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ;

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

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.

and become kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children;

and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and delivered Himself up for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet smell.

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.

Let no one deceive you with empty words; for, because of these things, comes the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

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

not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,

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

knowing that whatsoever good thing each one does, this shall he receive from the Lord, whether bond or free.

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil;

On this account, take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day; and, having fully accomplished all, to stand.

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

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