1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus ①by the will of God, To the ②saints who are ③at Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
▷ ①Lit through ②Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ③Three early mss do not contain at Ephesus
1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 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,
1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before ①Him. In love
▷ ①Or Him, in love. He
1:5 ①He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
▷ ①Lit having predestined
1:6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved.
1:7 In ①Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace
▷ ①Lit whom
1:8 which He ①lavished on ②us. In all wisdom and insight
▷ ①Lit made abundant toward ②Or us in all wisdom and insight. He
1:9 He ①made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He set forth in Him,
▷ ①Lit making known
1:10 regarding His plan of the fullness of the times, to bring all things together in Christ, things ①in the heavens and things on the earth.
▷ ①Lit upon
1:11 ①In Him we also have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things in accordance with the plan of His will,
▷ ①Lit In whom also
1:12 to the end that ①we who were the first to hope in the ②Christ would be to the praise of His glory.
▷ ①I.e., Jewish believers ②I.e., Messiah
1:13 In ①Him, ②you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also ③believed, you were sealed in ④Him with the Holy Spirit of the promise,
▷ ①Lit whom ②I.e., Gentile believers ③Or believed in Him, you were sealed ④Lit whom
1:14 who is a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.
1:15 For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and ①your love for all the ②saints,
▷ ①Three early mss do not contain your love ②Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
1:16 do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;
1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the ①knowledge of Him.
▷ ①Or true knowledge
1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart ①may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the ②saints,
▷ ①Lit having been ②See note 2 v 15
1:19 and what is the ①boundless greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might
▷ ①Lit surpassing
1:20 which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
1:21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
1:22 And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him head over all things to the church,
1:23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.