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:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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:
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:
5 Having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
7 In whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
8 Which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 Making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
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,'