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,