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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through God's will, unto the saints who are in Ephesusand faithful in Christ Jesus, -

Favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.

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

According as he made choice of us, in him, before the founding of a world, that we might be holy and blameless in his presence; in love,

marking us out beforehand unto sonship, through Jesus Christ, for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Unto the praise of the glory of his favour wherewith he favoured us in the Beloved One, -

In whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of our offences, according to the riches of his favour,

which he made to superabound towards us; in all wisdom and prudence,

making known to us the sacred secret of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him, -

For an administration of the fulness of the seasons, to reunite for himself (under one head) the all things in the Christ, the things upon the heavens, and the things upon the earth, in him:

In whom also we were taken as an inheritance, according to the purpose of him who energiseth all things according to the counsel of his will,

That we should be for the praise of his glory - we who had hoped beforehand in the Christ, -

In whom, ye also - hearing the word of the truth, the glad-message of your salvation, - in whom also believing, - were sealed with the Spirit of the promise, the Holy Spirit ,

Which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of the acquisition; - unto his glorious praise.

For this cause, I also, - having heard of the faith on your part in the Lord Jesus, and that towards all the saints,

Cease not giving thanks in your behalf, making mention in my prayers,

That, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you a Spirit of wisdom and understanding in gaining a personal knowledge of him, -

The eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that ye may know - what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

And what the surpassing greatness of his power unto us who believe, - according to the energy of the grasp of his might

which he energised in the Christ, when he raised him from among the dead, and seated him at his right hand in the heavenlies,

Over-above all principality, authority, and power, and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one,

And did put, all things, in subjection beneath his feet. And gave him to be head over all things unto the assembly,

Which, indeed, is his body, the fulness of him who, the all things in all, is for himself filling up.

Unto you also - being dead by your offences and sins,

In which at one time ye walked, according to the age of the world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, of the spirit that now energiseth in the sons of disobedience,

Among whom also, we all, had our behaviour, at one time, in the covetings of our flesh, doing the things desired by the flesh and the mind, and were children, by nature, of anger - even as the rest, -

But, God, being rich in mercy, by reason of the great love wherewith he loved us,

Although we were dead by our offences, gave us life together with the Christ, - by favour, ye have been saved, -

And raised us up together, and seated us together in the heavenlies, in Christ:

That he might point out, in the oncoming ages, the surpassing riches of his favour in graciousness upon us, in Christ Jesus;

For, by his favour, have ye been saved, through means of faith, and this hath come to pass - not from you, of God, the free-gift!

Not from works, lest anyone should boast.

His, in fact we are - his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus upon a footing of good works, which God prepared beforehand, that, therein, we might walk.

Wherefore, keep in remembrance - that, at one time, ye, the nations in flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by the so-called Circumcision in flesh, made by hand,

That ye were, in that season, separate from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and godless in the world;

But, just now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who at one time were afar off, were made nigh in the blood of the Christ;

He, in fact, is our peace - who made both one, and, the enclosing middle-wall, took down,

The enmity, in his flesh - the law of commandments in decrees - bringing to nought, - that, the two, he might create in himself, into one man of new mould, making peace.

And might fully reconcile them both, in one body, through means of the cross, - slaying the enmity thereby; -

And, coming, he announced the glad-message - of peace, unto you, the far off, and peace, unto them that were nigh;

Because, through him, we have our introduction - we both - in one Spirit, unto the Father.

Hence, then - no longer, are ye strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and members of the household of God, -

Having been built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, there being, for chief corner stone, Jesus Christ himself, -

In whom, an entire building, in process of being fitly joined together, is growing into a holy shrine in the Lord;

In whom, ye also, are being builded together, into a habitation of God in Spirit.