1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed
4 just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,
5 having predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved,
7 in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
8 that he caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight,
9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in him,
10 for the administration of the fullness of times, to bring together all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him
11 in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all
13 in whom also you, when you heard
14 who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.
15 Because of this I also, hearing of
16 do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention in my prayers,
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
18 (the eyes of your hearts having been enlightened), so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what
19 and what
20 which he worked in Christ, raising
21 above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this age but also in the coming one,
22 and he subjected all
23 which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all