New Testament · Letters

Ephesians chapter 1

From Paul, an of , Jesus — sent by God’s own decision and will — to in Ephesus who are and joined to the One, Jesus:May you experience and from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus, the One.All to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the One — he has given us in the because we are the One.Even before the world was made, God us to be joined to the One, so that we would , in his eyes, held in his .He to through Jesus, the One. This was what he wanted — —all to the praise of his that he on us through the One he loves.Through the One, and because of , we have been and our have been — that’s how rich his undeserved kindness is.He poured this out on us with all and ,revealing to us the he had been to set in motion through the One —a plan for : to — the One — everything in the heavens and everything on the earth.And because we are joined to the One, we were — by the one who according to what he decides to do —so that we — the ones who in the One — would bring praise to his .And you also — when you heard the , the of your — you believed and were with ,who is the guaranteeing our until God — all to the praise of his magnificence.That’s why, ever since I heard about your in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God’s people,I haven’t stopped for you, always mentioning you when I .I keep asking the God of our Lord Jesus, the One — — to give you a so you can .I’m asking him to flood with light so you’ll understand the his has opened up for you, just how rich and magnificent the inheritance is that he’s sharing with his people,and just how his is toward us who believe. This is the same that he put to workwhen he the One from the dead and in the heavenly realms —far above every , , , and — above every that can be given, not only in but in the age to come.God placed everything under the One’s feet and made him the over everything for ,which is his — the of the one who .