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

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

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

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved.

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight

Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He set forth in Him,

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

regarding His plan of the fullness of the times, to bring all things together in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.

That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

In Him we also have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things in accordance with the plan of His will,

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

to the end that we who were the first to hope in the Christ would be to the praise of His glory.

That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

who is a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory.

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints,

Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

and what is the boundless greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him head over all things to the church,

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.