1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the holy ones who are [in Ephesus] 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 has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens,
4. as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love
5. he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will,
6. for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved.
7. In him we have redemption by his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace
8. that he lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight,