Ephesians
Eph.1
[1] Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the
faithful in Christ Jesus:
[2] Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus
Christ.
[3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
[4] According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
[5] Having predestinated us
unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
[6]
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
[7] In whom
we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
[8]
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
[9] Having made known unto us the
mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
[10] That in the
dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are
in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
[11] In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being
predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
[12]
That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
[13] In whom ye also trusted,
after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye
were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
[14] Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption
of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
[15] Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith
in the Lord Jesus, and love unto 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 unto you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
[18] The eyes of your understanding being
enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the saints,
[19] And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power,
[20] Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from
the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
[21] Far above all principality, and
power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that
which is to come:
[22] And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things
to the church,
[23] Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Eph.2
[1] And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
[2] Wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now
worketh in the children of disobedience:
[3] Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past
in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children
of wrath, even as others.
[4] But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
[5]
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
[6]
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
[7] That
in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through
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, lest any man should boast.
[10] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto
good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
[11] Wherefore remember,
that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called
the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
[12] That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens
from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and
without God in the world:
[13] But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by
the blood of Christ.
[14] For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle
wall of partition between us;
[15] Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments
contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
[16] And that
he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
[17] And
came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
[18] For through him
we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
[19] Now therefore ye are no more strangers and
foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
[20] And are built upon the