Ephesians

Greeting

I Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will,

to the saints in Ephesus, to you who share the Christian faith:

receive grace and peace from God our Father, and from Jesus, the Lord.

Blessings

Blessed be God the Father of Christ Jesus our LORD,

who, in Christ, has blessed us from heaven with every spiritual blessing.

God chose us in Christ before the creation of the world,

to be holy, and without sin in his presence.

From eternity, he has destined us in love,

to be his adopted sons and daughters through Christ Jesus,

thus fulfilling his free and generous will.

This goal suited him:

that his loving-kindness, which he granted us in his beloved,

might finally receive all glory and praise.

In him we have redemption through his blood,

the forgiveness of our trespasses

according to the riches of his grace,

that he lavished on us.

In all wisdom and insight,

he has made known to us his mysterious design,

in accordance with his loving-kindness set forth in Christ

as a plan for the fullness of time,

to gather up all things in him,

things in heaven and things on earth.

In Christ we were also chosen,

destined according to the purpose of him

who accomplished all things

according to his own plan and decision,

so that we who first hoped in Christ,

might live for the praise of his glory.

You, on hearing the word of truth,

the gospel of your salvation,

and have believed in him

were marked with the seal

of the promised Holy Spirit,

the first pledge of our inheritance

Toward redemption as God’s possession,

to the praise of his glory.

Supplication 

I have been told about your faith and love for all the believers, and for this reason,

I always thank God for you, remembering you in my prayers.

May the God of Christ Jesus our Lord, the Father of glory, reveal himself to you and give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you may know him.

May he enlighten your inner vision so that you may appreciate the things we hope for, since we were called by God. May you know how great the inheritance and glory that God has prepared for his saints are;

may you understand with what extraordinary power he works in favor of those who believe.

He demonstrated his supreme power through Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in heaven,

far above all rule, authority, power, dominion, or any other supernatural force that can be named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.

Thus, God has put all things under the feet of Christ and appointed him above all as the head of the church,

which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.