EMTV - Ephesians - 1

1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:

1:2  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ,

1:4  even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love,

1:5  having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

1:6  to the praise of His glorious grace, by which He bestowed favor upon us in the Beloved.

1:7  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

1:8  which He lavished on us in all wisdom and insight,

1:9  having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

1:10  for an administration of the fullness of the times, He might bring together all things in Christ, those in heaven and those on the earth—in Him.

1:11  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose, who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

1:12  so that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who first trusted in Christ;

1:13  in whom you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

1:14  who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory.

1:15  Because of this I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

1:16  do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:

1:17  that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

1:18  having the eyes of your heart enlightened; that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

1:19  and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power

1:20  which He worked in Christ, having raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies,

1:21  above every ruler and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the coming age.

1:22  And He subjected all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

1:23  which is His body, the fullness of Him filling all things in all.