Greeting
1Paul, sent as an apostle of Christ Jesus because God willed it, to the saints in Ephesus, faithful as they are in Christ Jesus: 2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the Christ with every blessing of the Spirit in the heavenly realms — 4just as he chose us in him before the world was founded, that we should stand before him holy and unblemished — in love 5having marked us out beforehand for adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the delight of his will, 6to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he lavished on us in the Beloved; 7in him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8which he poured out on us in all wisdom and understanding, 9making known to us the mystery of his will, according to the good purpose he had set out in him, 10for a stewardship at the fullness of the times: to gather up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth — in him; 11in him we were also given our portion, marked out beforehand according to the purpose of the one who works all things after the counsel of his will, 12so that we, who had already set our hope on the Christ, should be to the praise of his glory; 13in him you too — having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation — in him, having believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of what he has claimed as his own, to the praise of his glory.
A prayer for the eyes of the heart
15For this reason I too, ever since I heard of the faith you have in the Lord Jesus and of your love toward all the saints, 16have never stopped giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers: 17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in coming to know him, 18the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you may see what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints, 19and how surpassing the greatness of his power toward us who believe — the working of his mighty strength, 20which he exerted in the Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21far above every rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but in the age to come. 22And he put all things under his feet and gave him, as head over all things, to the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
