Ephesians 1–2

Chapter 1

The Blessings of Redemption

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

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

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

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

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

⁵¹He ^apredestined us to ^badoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, ^caccording to the ²kind intention of His will,

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

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

⁸which He ¹lavished on ²us. In all wisdom and insight

⁹He ^1amade known to us the mystery of His will, ^baccording to His ²kind intention which He ^cpurposed in Him

¹⁰with a view to an administration ¹suitable to ^athe fullness of the times, that is, ^bthe summing up of all things in Christ, things ²in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

¹¹¹also we ^2ahave obtained an inheritance, having been ^bpredestined ^caccording to His purpose who works all things ^dafter the counsel of His will,

¹²to the end that we who were the first to hope in ¹Christ would be ^ato the praise of His glory.

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

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

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

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

¹⁷that the ^aGod of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^bthe Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of ^cwisdom and of ^drevelation in the ¹knowledge of Him.

¹⁸I pray that ^athe eyes of your heart ¹may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the ^bhope of His ^ccalling, what are ^dthe riches of the glory of ^eHis inheritance in ^fthe ²saints,

¹⁹and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. ^aThese are in accordance with the working of the ^bstrength of His might

²⁰which He brought about in Christ, when He ^araised Him from the dead and ^bseated Him at His right hand in ^cthe heavenly places,

²¹far 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.

²²And He ^aput all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as ^bhead over all things to the church,

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

Chapter 2

Made Alive in Christ

¹And you ¹were ^adead ²in your trespasses and sins,

²in which you ^aformerly walked according to the ¹course of ^bthis world, according to ^cthe prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in ^dthe sons of disobedience.

³Among them we too all ^aformerly lived in ^bthe lusts of our flesh, ¹indulging the desires of the flesh and of the ²mind, and were ^cby nature ^dchildren of wrath, ^eeven as the rest.

⁴But God, being ^arich in mercy, because of ^bHis great love with which He loved us,

⁵even when we were ^adead ¹in our transgressions, made us alive together ²with Christ (^bby grace you have been saved),

⁶and ^araised us up with Him, and ^bseated us with Him in ^cthe heavenly places in ^dChrist Jesus,

⁷so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing ^ariches of His grace in ^bkindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

⁸For ^aby grace you have been saved ^bthrough faith; and ¹that not of yourselves, it is ^cthe gift of God;

^9anot as a result of works, so that ^bno one may boast.

¹⁰For we are His workmanship, ^acreated in ^bChrist Jesus for ^cgood works, which God ^dprepared beforehand so that we would ^ewalk in them.

¹¹Therefore remember that ^aformerly ^byou, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “^cUncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—

¹²remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^1aexcluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to ^bthe covenants of promise, having ^cno hope and ^dwithout God in the world.

¹³But now in ^aChrist Jesus you who ^bformerly were ^cfar off ¹have been brought near ^2dby the blood of Christ.

¹⁴For He Himself is ^aour peace, ^bwho made both groups into one and broke down the ¹barrier of the dividing wall,

¹⁵¹by ^aabolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is ^bthe Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^2cmake the two into ^done new man, thus establishing ^epeace,

¹⁶and might ^areconcile them both in ^bone body to God through the cross, ¹by it having ^cput to death the enmity.

¹⁷And ^aHe came and preached ^bpeace to you who were ^cfar away, and peace to those who were near;

¹⁸for through Him we both have ^aour access in ^bone Spirit to ^cthe Father.

¹⁹So then you are no longer ^astrangers and aliens, but you are ^bfellow citizens with the ¹saints, and are of ^cGod’s household,

²⁰having been ^abuilt on ^bthe foundation of ^cthe apostles and prophets, ^dChrist Jesus Himself being the ^ecorner stone,

^21ain whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into ^ba holy ¹temple in the Lord,

²²in whom you also are being ^abuilt together into a ^bdwelling of God in the Spirit.