Ephesians 1

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the holy and faithful ones in Christ Jesus [[in Ephesus]]:

²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in union with Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

⁴just as He chose us who are in union with him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish in His presence. He did this in love

⁵by deciding in advance that we would be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

⁶to the praise of His glorious grace, which He graciously gave us in the Beloved One.

⁷In union with him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our transgressions, according to the riches of His grace,

⁸which He lavished on us with all wisdom and insight.

⁹He has made known to us the sacred secret of His will according to His good pleasure that He planned beforehand in connection with him,

¹⁰with a view toward the administration that will occur at the culmination of the times, to unite under one head all things in connection with Christ—the things in the heavens and the things on the earth in connection with him.

¹¹In union with him we also were claimed as God’s possession because we were chosen in advance according to the plan of the one who is working all things according to the purpose of His will,

¹²so that we who first hoped in Christ would be God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

¹³In union with him you also, when you heard the message of truth—the good news of your salvation—and when you believed in him, you were marked with a seal—the promised holy spirit—

¹⁴which is the down payment of our inheritance, until our redemption as God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.

¹⁵Because of this I also, after hearing of your trust in the Lord Jesus and the love that you have for all the holy ones,

¹⁶do not stop giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

¹⁷praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him

¹⁸—since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened—so that you will know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance that will be shared among the holy ones,

¹⁹and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, which is the same working of his mighty strength

²⁰that he worked in Christ when he raised him from among the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

²¹far above every ruler and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come;

²²and he put all things in subjection under his feet and appointed him as the head over all things related to the church,

²³which is his body—the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.