CHAPTER 1
1 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the believers in Christ Jesus;
2 Grace (be) to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed f101 (be) the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly
f102 (places) in Christ;
4 As he hath chosen us in him before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and blameless in his sight through love:
5 Who hath predestinated us in adoption in himself through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he hath made us accepted in the Beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
8 According to the riches of his grace; in which he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having made known to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he had purposed in himself;
10 In order to the dispensation of the fullness of the times; f103 that he might gather together all things in Christ, both those things which are in heaven, and those things which are on the earth, in him;
11 Through whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the purpose of his will;
12 That we, who first hoped in Christ, might be to the praise of his glory.
13 In whom ye also (trusted,) having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, after having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 Who is the earnest of our inheritance, till the redemption of the possession obtained, to the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, having heard of the faith which ye have in the Lord Jesus, and of the love (which ye have) toward all the saints,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, by the
knowledge of him, f104
18 The eyes of your mind enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the efficacy of the power of his strength;
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and caused him to sit at his own right hand in the heavenly (places);
21 Above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in (the age) which is to come;
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and hath appointed him head over all things to the church f105
23 Which is his body, and the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
CHAPTER 2
1 And when ye were dead in your trespasses and sins;
2 In which for some time ye walked, according to the course f106 of this world, according to the prince of the power of air, that is, of the spirit that now worketh f107 in the children of disobedience;
3 Among whom we all also, for some time, had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, executing what was agreeable to the flesh and to the mind; f108 and were by nature children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love, with which he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, quickened (us) together with Christ; (by grace ye are saved ;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and hath made us sit together in heavenly (places) in Christ Jesus;
7 That he might shew, in the ages to come, the surpassing riches of his grace, in (his) kindness f109 toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; (it is) the gift of God.
9 Not of works, that no one may boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God hath prepared, that we may walk in them.
11 Wherefore remember that you, at one time Gentiles in the flesh, who were called Uncircumcision by that which is called
Circumcision, made by the hand in the flesh,
12 At that time were without Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel f110 strangers from the tables of
promise,” f111 not having hope, f112 and without God in the world;
13 But now in Christ Jesus f113 you, who formerly were far off, have been made nigh through the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, f114 and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in our flesh;
15 Abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments (which is) contained in ordinances, that he might unite in himself the two into one new man, making peace;
16 That he might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, slaying f115 the enmities by it;
17 And coming, preached peace to you who were far off, and peace to those who were nigh;
18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 Therefore ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow- citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,
20 Having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, of which Jesus Christ himself is the chief corner- stone;
21 In whom the whole building joined together groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;
22 In whom ye also are built together f116 for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
CHAPTER 3
1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, discharge the office of ambassador for you Gentiles;
2 If ye have heard of dispensation of the grace of God, (which was) given me towards you;
3 That through revelation he made known to me the secret, as I wrote a little before;
4 By attending to which ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,
5 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets through the Spirit,
6 That the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ through the gospel.
7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which was given to me according to the efficacy of his power.
8 To me, the least of all saints, was this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 And that I should make manifest to all, what is the fellowship of the mystery, which hath been hid from ages in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;
10 That the manifold wisdom of God might now be manifested to principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church, 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ
Jesus our Lord,
12 Through whom we have boldness, and access with confidence, through the faith of him.
13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my afflictions for you, which is your glory.
14 For this cause I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 That he would give to you, according to the riches of his glory,
to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man,
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that ye may be rooted and grounded in love, f117
18 That ye may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 To know, I say, the love of Christ, which surpasseth
knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power working in you,
21 Be glory in the church through Jesus Christ, in all ages, for ever and ever. Amen.
CHAPTER 4
1 I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you, that ye may walk worthy of the calling to which ye have been called, 2 With all humility and meekness, with patience forbearing one
another in love,
3 Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in’ the bond of peace.
4 One body and one spirit; f118 as ye have been called in one hope of your calling.
5 One Lord f119 one faith, one baptism.
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all things, and through all things, (or, above all men and through all men,) and in you all.
7 But to each of us hath grace been given, according to 8 the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 Wherefore he saith: After having ascended on high, he led captivity captive f120 and gave gifts to men. (<196818>
Psalm 68:18.)
9 Now that (word) he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He who descended is the same also who ascended above all heavens, that he might fill all things. f121
11 And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and others pastors and teachers,
12 For the renewing of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ;
13 Till we all come into the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, into a perfect man, into the measure of the age of fullness f122 of Christ;
14 That we may no longer be children, who are tossed and driven about by every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by craftiness for lying in wait to deceive;
15 But, following truth with love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, that is, Christ;
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by every joint of supply, according to the efficacy in the
measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, to the edifying of itself, in love.
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk, as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind 18 Blinded in the understanding, alienated from the life of God on
account of the ignorance which is in them, on account of the blindness of their heart;
19 Who, after having ceased to hare any feeling, f123 have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to commit all uncleanness with greediness.
20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
21 If indeed ye have heard him, and have been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus;
22 That ye put off, according to the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupted according to the lusts of deceit; f124 23 And that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which hath been created according to God, in righteousness and holiness of truth. f125 25 Wherefore, putting away lying, speak every one the truth with
his neighbor;
26 For we are members one of another.
27 Be ye angry, and do not sin. (<190404>Psalm 4:4.) Let not the sun go down on your wrath; and give not place to the devil.
28 He that stole, let him steal no more; but rather let him labor, by working with his hands what is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
29 Let no filthy speech proceed out of your mouth; but if any (speech) is good for the edification of use, that it may impart grace to the hearers
30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by whom ye have been sealed to the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and clamuor, and slander, be put away from you with all malice.
32 And be ye kind one to another, merciful, forgiving one another, as God hath forgiven you in Christ.
CHAPTER 5
1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God, for a smell of delightful fragrance.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let 4 them not even be named among you, as becometh saints.
4 Or filthiness, foolish talking, jesting; which are not convenient;
but rather grace. f126
5 For this ye know, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous man, who is an idolater, shall obtain inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no man deceive you by vain words; for on account of these things cometh the wrath of God on disobedient (or, unbelieving) children, f127
7 Be not ye therefore their companions.
8 Ye were once darkness; but now ye are light in the Lord; walk as children of light;
9 (For the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable to God. f128
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness;
but rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
13 But all things, when they are brought forward, are made manifest by the light; for every thing that maketh manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith: Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead; and Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then how you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise;
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not imprudent, but understanding what is the will of the Lord.
18 And be not drunk with wine, in which is lasciviousness;
19 But be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart, to the Lord;
20 Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father.
21 Submit yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ (or, of God).
22 Let wives be subject to their own husbands as to the Lord;
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the savior of the church; and he is the savior of the body.
24 But, as the church is subject to Christ, in like manner (let) wives (he subject) to their own husbands in all things.
25 Husbands, love your wives; as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it,
26 That he might sanctify it, cleansing it with the washing of water by the word;
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it might be holy and unblamable.
28 So ought husbands to love their wives, as their own bodies. He who loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it; as also Christ f129 the church;
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this reason shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great secret; but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Yet let every one of you love his wife; and let the woman reverence her husband.
CHAPTER 6
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long- lived on the earth.
4 Ye fathers also, provoke not your children to wrath; but bring them up in the instruction and reproof of the Lord.
5 Servants, obey your masters f130 according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your hearts, as to Christ;
6 Not with eye-service, as endeavoring to please men, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart: f131 7 With good-will, serving the Lord, and not men;
8 Knowing that everyone, whether he be bond or free, shall receive from the Lord whatever good he shall have done.
9 And ye, masters, perform your mutual duty toward them, forbearing threatenings; knowing that their Master and yours is in heaven; and there is no respect of persons with him.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the crafty devices of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the princes of the world, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickednesses in heavenly places.
13 Wherefore take to you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to resist in the evil day, and, having accomplished
everything: to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 And having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, by which ye may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
18 Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication, and watching for this very purpose, with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And for me, that speech may be given to me, in the opening of my mouth with boldness, that I may make known the mystery of the gospel; f132
20 For which I discharge the office of ambassador, in the chain; that I may conduct myself in it courageously, as I ought to speak.
21 But that ye also may know my affairs, what I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make known to you all things;
22 Whom I have sent to you for that purpose, that ye might know my affairs, and might comfort your hearts.
23 Peace (be) to the brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Grace (be)with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Amen.