1. Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, to the saints and faithful in Christ Jesus who are at Ephesus.
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 has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;
4. according as he has chosen us in him before the world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;
5. having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6. to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
7. in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;
8. which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence,
9. having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself
10. for the administration of the fulness of times; to head up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth; in him,
11. in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his own will,