Paul's Letter to the Ephesians (WEB)
Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God,
to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
1:2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ.
1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; 1:4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the
world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love; 1:5having predestined us for
adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, 1:6to
the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved, 1:7in
whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to
the riches of his grace, 1:8which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
1:9making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed
in him 1:10to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things
in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him; 1:11in whom also we were made a heritage,
having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel
of his will; 1:12to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in
Christ: 1:13in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, -- in
whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 1:14who is a pledge
of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory. 1:15For
this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love
which you have toward all the saints, 1:16don't cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you
in my prayers, 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 1:18having the eyes of your hearts
enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the
glory of his inheritance in the saints, 1:19and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us
who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might 1:20which he worked in Christ,
when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
1:21far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not
only in this world, but also in that which is to come. 1:22He put all things in subjection under his
feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the assembly, 1:23which is his body, the fullness of
him who fills all in all.