
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians

   {1:1} Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to
the saints that are at Ephesus, and the 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
hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places]
in Christ: {1:4} even as he chose us in him before the foundation of
the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in
love: {1:5} having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus
Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, {1:6}
to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us
in the Beloved: {1:7} in whom we have our redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his
grace, {1:8} which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and
prudence, {1:9} making known unto us the mystery of his will, according
to his good pleasure which he purposed in him {1:10} unto a
dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in
Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in
him, [I say,] {1:11} in whom also we were made a heritage, having been
foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things
after the counsel of his will; {1:12} to the end that we should be unto
the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: {1:13} in
whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your
salvation,-- in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the
Holy Spirit of promise, {1:14} which is an earnest of our inheritance,
unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his
glory. {1:15} For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the
Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all
the saints, {1:16} cease not 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 unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in
the knowledge of him; {1:18} having the eyes of your heart enlightened,
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of
the glory of his inheritance in the saints, {1:19} and what the
exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to
that working of the strength of his might {1:20} which he wrought in
Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his
right hand in the heavenly [places], {1:21} far 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: {1:22} and he
put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head
over all things to the church, {1:23} which is his body, the fulness of
him that filleth all in all.



   {2:1} And you [did he make alive,] when ye were dead through your
trespasses and sins, {2:2} wherein ye once walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air,
of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; {2:3} among
whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires
of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath,
even as the rest:-- {2:4} but God, being rich in mercy, for his great
love wherewith he loved us, {2:5} even when we were dead through our
trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been
saved), {2:6} and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in
the heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus: {2:7} that in the ages to come
he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us
in Christ Jesus: {2:8} for by grace have ye been saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; {2:9} not of
works, that no man should glory. {2:10} For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that
we should walk in them. {2:11} Wherefore remember, that once ye, the
Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is
called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; {2:12} that ye were
at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of
Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope
and without God in the world. {2:13} But now in Christ Jesus ye that
once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ. {2:14} For he
is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of
partition, {2:15} having abolished in the flesh the enmity, [even] the
law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; that he might create in
himself of the two one new man, [so] making peace; {2:16} and might
reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having
slain the enmity thereby: {2:17} and he came and preached peace to you
that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh: {2:18} for through
him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father. {2:19} So
then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are
fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, {2:20}
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ
Jesus himself being the chief corner stone; {2:21} in whom each several
building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the
Lord; {2:22} in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of
God in the Spirit.



   {3:1} For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf
of you Gentiles,-- {3:2} if so be that ye have heard of the
dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward; {3:3}
how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote
before in few words, {3:4} whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my
understanding in the mystery of Christ; {3:5} which in other
generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now
been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; {3:6}
[to wit], that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the
body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the
gospel, {3:7} whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of
that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his
power. {3:8} Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was
this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches
of Christ; {3:9} and to make all men see what is the dispensation of
the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;
{3:10} to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in
the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the
manifold wisdom of God, {3:11} according to the eternal purpose which
he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: {3:12} in whom we have boldness
and access in confidence through our faith in him. {3:13} Wherefore I
ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your
glory. {3:14} For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, {3:15}
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, {3:16} that he
would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be
strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; {3:17}
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye,
being rooted and grounded in love, {3:18} may be strong to apprehend
with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and
depth, {3:19} and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge,
that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God. {3:20} Now unto him
that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that worketh in us, {3:21} unto him [be] the
glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever
and ever. Amen.





   {4:1} I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk
worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, {4:2} with all
lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in
love; {4:3} giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace. {4:4} [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as also
ye were called in one hope of your calling; {4:5} one Lord, one faith,
one baptism, {4:6} one God and Father of all, who is over all, and
through all, and in all. {4:7} But unto each one of us was the grace
given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. {4:8} Wherefore
he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave
gifts unto men. {4:9} (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he
also descended into the lower parts of the earth? {4:10} He that
descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens,
that he might fill all things.) {4:11} And he gave some [to be]
apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors
and teachers; {4:12} for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of
ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: {4:13} till we
all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son
of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the
fulness of Christ: {4:14} that we may be no longer children, tossed to
and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight
of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; {4:15} but speaking
truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head,
[even] Christ; {4:16} from whom all the body fitly framed and knit
together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the
working in [due] measure of each several part, maketh the increase of
the body unto the building up of itself in love. {4:17} This I say
therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the
Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind, {4:18} being darkened
in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the
ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;
{4:19} who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to
work all uncleanness with greediness. {4:20} But ye did not so learn
Christ; {4:21} if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even
as truth is in Jesus: {4:22} that ye put away, as concerning your
former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts
of deceit; {4:23} and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
{4:24} and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in
righteousness and holiness of truth. {4:25} Wherefore, putting away
falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are
members one of another. {4:26} Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the
sun go down upon your wrath: {4:27} neither give place to the devil.
{4:28} Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor,
working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof
to give to him that hath need. {4:29} Let no corrupt speech proceed out
of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be,
that it may give grace to them that hear. {4:30} And grieve not the
Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.
{4:31} Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and
railing, be put away from you, with all malice: {4:32} and be ye kind
one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also
in Christ forgave you.





   {5:1} Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; {5:2}
and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up
for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet
smell. {5:3} But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let
it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; {5:4} nor
filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting:
but rather giving of thanks. {5:5} For this ye know of a surety, that
no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an
idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. {5:6}
Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things
cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. {5:7} Be not ye
therefore partakers with them; {5:8} For ye were once darkness, but are
now light in the Lord: walk as children of light {5:9} (for the fruit
of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), {5:10}
proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord; {5:11} and have no
fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even
reprove them; {5:12} for the things which are done by them in secret it
is a shame even to speak of. {5:13} But all things when they are
reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made
manifest is light. {5:14} Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that
sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
{5:15} Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as
wise; {5:16} redeeming the time, because the days are evil. {5:17}
Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord
is. {5:18} And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled
with the Spirit; {5:19} speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
{5:20} giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; {5:21} subjecting yourselves one
to another in the fear of Christ. {5:22} Wives, [be in subjection] unto
your own husbands, as unto the Lord. {5:23} For the husband is the head
of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself
the saviour of the body. {5:24} But as the church is subject to Christ,
so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything. {5:25}
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself up for it; {5:26} that he might sanctify it, having
cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, {5:27} that he might
present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or
wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without
blemish. {5:28} Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as
their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: {5:29}
for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it,
even as Christ also the church; {5:30} because we are members of his
body. {5:31} For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,
and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
{5:32} This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of
the church. {5:33} Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his
own wife even as himself; and [let] the wife [see] that she fear her
husband.



   {6:1} Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
{6:2} Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with
promise), {6:3} that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live
long on the earth. {6:4} And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to
wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
{6:5} Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are
your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as
unto Christ; {6:6} not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but
as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; {6:7} with
good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men: {6:8}
knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he
receive again from the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free. {6:9} And,
ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening:
knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and
there is no respect of persons with him. {6:10} Finally, be strong in
the Lord, and in the strength of his might. {6:11} Put on the whole
armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil. {6:12} For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but
against the principalities, against the powers, against the
world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of
wickedness in the heavenly [places]. {6:13} Wherefore take up the whole
armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and,
having done all, to stand. {6:14} Stand therefore, having girded your
loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
{6:15} and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of
peace; {6:16} withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [one]. {6:17} And
take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God: {6:18} with all prayer and supplication praying at all
seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and
supplication for all the saints, {6:19} And on my behalf, that
utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with
boldness the mystery of the gospel, {6:20} for which I am an ambassador
in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. {6:21}
But that ye also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the beloved
brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all
things: {6:22} whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye
may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts. {6:23} Peace
be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ. {6:24} Grace be with all them that love our Lord
Jesus Christ with [a love] incorruptible.




