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 predestinated us for his adopted children by Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

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

in whom also we have obtained our inheritance, predestinated according to the purpose of him who effectually worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will:

Therefore be not unwise, but intelligent concerning what is the will of the Lord.

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 unto men:

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: