Ephesians 1

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

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

Blessed 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,

just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish in his presence in love,

having decided in advance that we would be adopted through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

for the praise of the glory of his grace, which he graciously gave us in the Beloved One,

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our transgressions, according to the riches of his grace,

which he lavished on us with all wisdom and insight;

having made known to us the sacred secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he planned beforehand in him,

with a view toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to unite under one head all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him;

in whom we also were claimed as God’s possession, having been decided upon in advance according to the purpose of the one who is working all things according to the plan of his will,

to the end that we who had already hoped in Christ would be to the praise of his glory;

in whom you also, when you heard the message of truth—the good news of your salvation—and when you believed in him, were sealed with the promised holy spirit,

which is the guarantee of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.

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

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

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, will give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him

—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 among the holy ones,

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

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

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

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

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