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01:01 Paul <3972>, an apostle <0652> of Jesus <2424>
Christ
<5547> by the will <2307> of God <2316>, to the
saints <0040>
which <3588> are at <1722> Ephesus <2181>, and
to the faithful
<4103> in Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>:
01:02 Grace <5485> [be] to you, and peace <1515>,
from God
<2316> our Father <3962>, and [from] the Lord <
2962> Jesus
<2424> Christ <5547>.
01:03 Blessed <2128> [be] the God <2316> and Father
<3962> of
our Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, who
<3588> hath
blessed <2127> us with all <3956> spiritual <
4152> blessings
<2129> in heavenly <2032> [places] in Christ <
5547>:
01:04 According <2531> as he hath chosen <1586> us in
him before
<4253> the foundation <2602> of the world <2889>
, that we should
be holy <0040> and without <0299> blame <0299>
before <2714> him
in love <0026>:
01:05 Having predestinated <4309> us unto the adoption <
5206> of
children <5206> by Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>
to himself <0848>,
according <2596> to the good pleasure <2107> of his
will <2307>,
01:06 To the praise <1868> of the glory <1391> of his
grace
<5485>, wherein <3757> he hath made <5487> us
accepted <5487> in
the beloved <0025>.
01:07 In whom <3739> we have <2192> redemption <
0629> through
<1223> his blood <0129>, the forgiveness <0859>
of sins <3900>,
according <2596> to the riches <4149> of his grace
<5485>;
01:08 Wherein <3757> he hath abounded <4052> toward
<1519> us in
all <3956> wisdom <4678> and prudence <5428>;
01:09 Having made <1107> known <1107> unto us the
mystery <3466>
of his will <2307>, according <2596> to his good
pleasure <2107>
which <3739> he hath purposed <4388> in himself <
0848>:
01:10 That in the dispensation <3622> of the fulness <
4138> of
times <2540> he might gather <0346> together <
0346> in one all
<3956> things in Christ <5547>, both <5037>
which <3588> are in
heaven <3772>, and which <3588> are on <1909>
earth <1093>;
[even] in him:
01:11 In whom <3739> also <2532> we have obtained <
2820> an
inheritance <2820>, being predestinated <4309>
according <2596>
to the purpose <4286> of him who worketh <1754> all
<3956>
things after <2596> the counsel <1012> of his own <
0848> will
<2307>:
01:12 That we should be to the praise <1868> of his glory
<1391>,
who <3588> first <4276> trusted <4276> in
Christ <5547>.
01:13 In whom <3739> ye also <2532> [trusted], after
that ye
heard <0191> the word <4487> of truth <0225>,
the gospel <2098>
of your <5216> salvation <4991>:in whom <3739>
also <2532> after
that ye believed <4100>, ye were sealed <4972> with
that holy
<0040> Spirit <4151> of promise <1860>,
01:14 Which <3739> is the earnest <0728> of our
inheritance
<2817> until <1519> the redemption <0629> of
the purchased
<4047> possession <4047>, unto the praise <1868>
of his glory
<1391>.
01:15 Wherefore <5124> I also <2504>, after I heard
<0191> of
your <5209> faith <4102> in the Lord <2962>
Jesus <2424>, and
love <0026> unto all <3956> the saints <0040>,
01:16 Cease <3973> not to give thanks <2168> for you,
making
<4160> mention <3417> of you in my prayers <
4335>;
01:17 That the God <2316> of our Lord <2962> Jesus
<2424> Christ
<5547>, the Father <3962> of glory <1391>, may
give <1325> unto
you the spirit <4151> of wisdom <4678> and revelation
<0602> in
the knowledge <1922> of him:
01:18 The eyes <3788> of your <5216> understanding
<1271> being
enlightened <5461>; that ye may know <1492> what <
5101> is the
hope <1680> of his calling <2821>, and what <
5101> the riches
<4149> of the glory <1391> of his inheritance <
2817> in the
saints <0040>,
01:19 And what <5101> [is] the exceeding <5235>
greatness <3174>
of his power <1411> to us-ward <2248> who <3588>
believe <4100>,
according <2596> to the working <1753> of his mighty
<2479>
power <2904>,
01:20 Which <3739> he wrought <1754> in Christ <
5547>, when he
raised <1453> him from the dead <3498>, and set <
2523> [him] at
<1722> his own <0848> right <1188> hand in the
heavenly <2032>
[places],
01:21 Far <5231> above <5231> all <3956>
principality <0746>,
and power <1849>, and might <1411>, and dominion <
2963>, and
every <3956> name <3686> that is named <3687>,
not only <3440>
in this <3588> world <0165>, but also <2532> in
that which is to
come <3195>:
01:22 And hath put <5293> all <3956> [things] under
<5259> his
feet <4228>, and gave <1325> him [to be] the head <
2776> over
<5228> all <3956> [things] to the church <1577>,
01:23 Which <3748> is his body <4983>, the fulness
<4138> of him
that filleth <4137> all <3956> in all <3956>.
02:01 And you [hath he quickened], who were dead <3498> in
trespasses <3900> and sins <0266>;
02:02 Wherein <3757> in time <4218> past ye walked
<4043>
according <2596> to the course <0165> of this <
5127> world
<2889>, according <2596> to the prince <0758>
of the power
<1849> of the air <0109>, the spirit <4151>
that now <3568>
worketh <1754> in the children <5207> of disobedience
<0543>:
02:03 Among <1722> whom <3739> also <2532> we
all <3956> had our
conversation <0390> in times <4218> past in the lusts
<1939> of
our flesh <4561>, fulfilling <4160> the desires <
2307> of the
flesh <4561> and of the mind <1271>; and were by
nature <5449>
the children <5043> of wrath <3709>, even <2532>
as others
<3062>.
02:04 But God <2316>, who is rich <4145> in mercy <
1656>, for
his great <4183> love <0026> wherewith <3739>
he loved <0025> us,
02:05 Even <2532> when we were dead <3498> in sins
<3900>, hath
quickened <4806> us together <4806> with Christ <
5547>, (by
grace <5485> ye are saved <4982>;)
02:06 And hath raised <4891> [us] up together <4891>,
and made
<4776> [us] sit <4776> together <4776> in
heavenly <2032>
[places] in Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>:
02:07 That in the ages <0165> to come <1904> he might
shew
<1731> the exceeding <5235> riches <4149> of
his grace <5485> in
[his] kindness <5544> toward <1909> us through <
1722> Christ
<5547> Jesus <2424>.
02:08 For by grace <5485> are ye saved <4982> through
<1223>
faith <4102>; and that not of yourselves <5216>:[it
is] the gift
<1435> of God <2316>:
02:09 Not of works <2041>, lest <3361> any <
5100> man should
boast <2744>.
02:10 For we are his workmanship <4161>, created <
2936> in
Christ <5547> Jesus <2424> unto good <0018>
works <2041>, which
<3739> God <2316> hath before <4282> ordained
<4282> that we
should walk <4043> in them.
02:11 Wherefore <1352> remember <3421>, that ye
[being] in time
<4218> past Gentiles <1484> in the flesh <4561>,
who <3588> are
called <3004> Uncircumcision <0203> by that which <
3588> is
called <3004> the Circumcision <4061> in the flesh
<4561> made
<5499> by hands <5499>;
02:12 That at <1722> that time <2540> ye were without
<5565>
Christ <5547>, being aliens <0526> from the
commonwealth <4174>
of Israel <2474>, and strangers <3581> from the
covenants <1242>
of promise <1860>, having <2192> no <3361> hope
<1680>, and
without <0112> God <0112> in the world <2889>:
02:13 But now <3570> in Christ <5547> Jesus <
2424> ye who <3739>
sometimes <4218> were far <3112> off <3112> are
made <1096> nigh
<1451> by the blood <0129> of Christ <5547>.
02:14 For he is our peace <1515>, who <3739> hath
made <4160>
both <0297> one <1520>, and hath broken <3089>
down the middle
<3320> wall of partition <5418> [between us];
02:15 Having abolished <2673> in his flesh <4561> the
enmity
<2189>, [even] the law <3551> of commandments <
1785> [contained]
in ordinances <1378>; for to make <2936> in himself
<1438> of
twain <1417> one <1520> new <2537> man <
0444>, [so] making
<4160> peace <1515>;
02:16 And that he might reconcile <0604> both <0297>
unto God
<2316> in one <1520> body <4983> by the cross
<4716>, having
slain <0615> the enmity <2189> thereby <0846>:
02:17 And came <2064> and preached <2097> peace <
1515> to you
which <3588> were afar <3112> off, and to them that
were nigh
<1451>.
02:18 For through <1223> him we both <0297> have <
2192> access
<4318> by one <1520> Spirit <4151> unto the
Father <3962>.
02:19 Now <3767> therefore <0686> ye are no <
3765> more <3765>
strangers <3581> and foreigners <3941>, but
fellowcitizens
<4847> with the saints <0040>, and of the household
<3609> of
God <2316>;
02:20 And are built <2026> upon the foundation <2310>
of the
apostles <0652> and prophets <4396>, Jesus <
2424> Christ <5547>
himself <0848> being <5607> the chief <0204>
corner <0204>
[stone];
02:21 In whom <3739> all <3956> the building <
3619> fitly <4883>
framed <4883> together <4883> groweth <0837>
unto an holy <0040>
temple <3485> in the Lord <2962>:
02:22 In whom <3739> ye also <2532> are builded <
4925> together
<4925> for an habitation <2732> of God <2316>
through <1722> the
Spirit <4151>.
03:01 For this <5127> cause <5484> I Paul <3972>
, the prisoner
<1198> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> for you
Gentiles <1484>,
03:02 If <1489> ye have heard <0191> of the
dispensation <3622>
of the grace <5485> of God <2316> which <3588>
is given <1325>
me to you-ward <5209>:
03:03 How that by revelation <0602> he made <1107>
known <1107>
unto me the mystery <3466>; (as I wrote <4270> afore
<4270> in
few <3641> words,
03:04 Whereby <3739>, when ye read <0314>, ye may <
1410>
understand <3539> my knowledge <4907> in the mystery
<3466> of
Christ <5547>)
03:05 Which <3739> in other <2087> ages <1074>
was not made
<1107> known <1107> unto the sons <5207> of men
<0444>, as it is
now <3568> revealed <0601> unto his holy <0040>
apostles <0652>
and prophets <4396> by the Spirit <4151>;
03:06 That the Gentiles <1484> should be fellowheirs <
4789>, and
of the same <4954> body <4954>, and partakers <
4830> of his
promise <1860> in Christ <5547> by the gospel <
2098>:
03:07 Whereof <3739> I was made <1096> a minister <
1249>,
according <2596> to the gift <1431> of the grace <
5485> of God
<2316> given <1325> unto me by the effectual <
1753> working
<1753> of his power <1411>.
03:08 Unto me, who am less <1647> than the least <
1647> of all
<3956> saints <0040>, is this <3778> grace <
5485> given <1325>,
that I should preach <2097> among <1722> the Gentiles
<1484> the
unsearchable <0421> riches <4149> of Christ <
5547>;
03:09 And to make <5461> all <3956> [men] see <
5461> what <5101>
[is] the fellowship <2842> of the mystery <3466>,
which <3588>
from the beginning of the world <0165> hath been hid <
0613> in
God <2316>, who <3588> created <2936> all <
3956> things by Jesus
<2424> Christ <5547>:
03:10 To the intent <2443> that now <3568> unto the
principalities <0746> and powers <1849> in heavenly
<2032>
[places] might be known <1107> by the church <1577>
the manifold
<4182> wisdom <4678> of God <2316>,
03:11 According <2596> to the eternal <0165> purpose
<4286>
which <3739> he purposed <4160> in Christ <5547>
Jesus <2424>
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