Ephesians 1

CHAPTER 1

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

1 Paul, aan apostle of bChrist Jesus 1cby the will of God,

To the 2dsaints who are 3at eEphesus and fwho are faithful in gChrist Jesus:

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

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

4 just as aHe chose us in Him before bthe foundation of the world, that we would be choly and blameless before 1Him din love,

5 by apredestining us to badoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, caccording to the good pleasure of His will,

6 ato the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in bthe Beloved.

7 aIn 1Him we have bredemption cthrough His blood, the dforgiveness of our transgressions, according to ethe riches of His grace

8 which He caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight,

9 amaking known to us the mystery of His will, baccording to His good pleasure which He cpurposed in Him

10 for an administration of athe fullness of the times, that is, bthe summing up of all things in Christ, things 1in the heavens and things on the earth in Him.

11 In 1Him, we also 2ahave been made an inheritance, having been bpredestined caccording to the purpose of Him who works all things daccording to the counsel of His will,

12 to the end that we who first have hoped in 1Christ would be ato the praise of His glory.

13 In 1Him, you also, after listening to athe word of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also 2believed, you were bsealed in 3Him with cthe Holy Spirit of promise,

14 who is 1agiven as a pledge of bour inheritance, unto the credemption of dGod’s own possession, eto the praise of His glory.

15 For this reason I too, ahaving heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and 1your love for ball the 2saints,

16 ado not cease giving thanks for you, bwhile making mention of you in my prayers:

17 that the aGod of our Lord Jesus Christ, bthe Father of glory, may give to you the 1Spirit of cwisdom and of drevelation in the 2full knowledge of Him,

18 so that you—athe eyes of your heart having been enlightened—will know what is the bhope of His ccalling, what are dthe riches of the glory of eHis inheritance in fthe 1saints,

19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe aaccording to the working of the bmight of His strength,

20 which He worked in Christ, by araising Him from the dead and bseating Him at His right hand in cthe heavenly places,

21 far above aall rule and authority and power and dominion, and every bname that is named, not only in cthis age but also in the one to come.

22 And aHe put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as bhead over all things to the church,

23 which is His abody, the bfullness of Him who cfills dall in all.