Ch. I.
1 Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of
God, to the saints, who are at Ephesus, even the
faithful in Christ Jesus;
2 grace be to you and peace
from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly things by Christ;
4 according as he hath
chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and unblameable before Him in
love:
5 having before appointed us unto the adoption of
children by Jesus Christ unto Himself, according to
the good pleasure of his will;
6 to the praise of his glorious
grace, whereby He hath made us acceptable in the
Beloved:
7 in whom we have redemption through his
blood, even the remission of sins, according to the
riches of his grace;
8 wherein He hath abounded towards
us note with the highest wisdom and prudence;
9 having
made known to us the note secret of his will, according to
his good pleasure, which He had before purposed in
Himself:
10 that in the dispensation of the fulness of times,
He might reduce all things, both in heaven and on
earth, under one head in Christ:
11 even in Him, in whom
also we have obtained an inheritance, being note predestinated
to it according to the purpose of Him who effecteth
all things after the counsel of His own will:
12 that we
should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in
Christ.
13 In whom ye also trusted, when ye heard
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the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in
whom also when ye believed, ye were sealed with the
holy Spirit note of promise,
14 who is the pledge of our inheritance,
till the redemption of his note purchased possessession,
to the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, having heard of your faith in the
Lord Jesus,
16 and your love to all the saints, cease not to
give thanks for you, making mention of you in my
prayers;
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, would give you the Spirit of wisdom
and revelation note to the knowledge of Him,
18 and note enlighten
the eyes of your understanding; that ye may know,
what is the hope of his calling, and note how rich the
glory of his inheritance in the saints;
19 and what the
exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe,
according to the energy of note his mighty strength;
20 which
He exerted in Christ, when He raised Him from the
dead, and set Him at his own right hand in heavenly
places,
21 far above all principality and power and might
and dominion, and every name that is named, not only
in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 and
hath note put all things under his feet, and given Him to be
head over all things to the church;
23 which is his body,
the note complete work of Him, who filleth all in all.
1 And you hath he made alive who were dead in trespasses
and sins,
2 in which ye formerly walked after the manner
of this world, note according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that note still operates in the children of
disobedience:
3 among whom also we were all conversant
heretofore in our carnal desires, note indulging the appetites
of the flesh and of our note imaginations; and were
note by nature children of wrath, even as others.
4 But
God being rich in mercy, through his great love wherewith
He loved us,
5 hath made us alive note in Christ, even
when we were dead in trespasses, (for by grace ye are
saved) and hath raised us up together,
6 and made us sit
together in heavenly places note in Christ Jesus.
7 That in
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the ages to come He might shew the superabundant
riches of his grace, in his note kindness towards us through
Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace ye are saved, through
faith: and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:
not by works, that no one may boast:
9 for we are his
workmanship,
10 created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
for which God before prepared us, that we might walk
in them.
11 Wherefore remember that ye were formerly Gentiles in
the flesh, called uncircumcision by that which is called
circumcision made by hands in the flesh;
12 and note ye were
at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth
of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise,
having no hope, and note without God in the world:
but now in Christ Jesus,
13 ye, who were formerly afar off,
are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For He is our
peace, who hath made both one, and removed the wall
of partition from note between us;
15 having abolished in his
flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained
in ordinances, that He might form the two into one
new man, in Himself, so making peace;
16 and that He
might reconcile both in one body unto God, by the
cross, having thereby slain the enmity:
17 and He came
and preached peace to you that were afar off, and to
them that were nigh.
18 For through Him we both have
access by one Spirit to the Father.
19 Now therefore ye are
no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with
the saints, and note of the houshold of God;
20 being built on
the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief corner-stone:
21 in whom
the whole building fitly joined together increaseth to
an holy temple in the Lord:
22 in whom ye also are built
up together for an habitation of God by the Spirit.
1 For this cause I Paul am the prisoner of Jesus Christ
for the sake of you Gentiles:
2 as ye have heard the dispensation
of the grace of God, which was given me to
preach unto you:
3 that by immediate revelation He made
known to me the mystery, (as I wrote before in brief,
by which,
4 when ye read it, ye may perceive my knowledge
in the mystery of Christ,
5 ) which in other generations
was not made known to note men, as it is now
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revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
that the Gentiles should be co-heirs,
6 and of the same
body, and joint-partakers of his promise in Christ, by
the gospel:
7 of which I was made a minister, according
to the gift of the grace of God conferred on me by the
effectual operation of his power.
8 On me, who am less
than the least of all saints, was this note grace bestowed,
that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable
riches of Christ,
9 and make all men to see note the
communication of the mystery, which from the ages
past hath been hid in God, who created all things by
Jesus Christ;
10 that the manifold wisdom of God might
now be made known by the church to the principalities
and powers in the heavenly regions;
11 according to the
note ancient purpose, which He note executed in Christ Jesus
our Lord:
12 by whom we have freedom note and access with
confidence through note faith in Him.
13 Wherefore I desire that ye would not be discouraged
at my afflictions on your account, which is your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
15 from whom the whole family in heaven
and on earth is named,
16 that He would grant you, according
to his glorious riches, to be strengthened with
might by his Spirit, as to the inner man;
17 that Christ
may dwell in your hearts by faith: and be ye rooted and
grounded in love,
18 that ye may be able, with all the
saints, to comprehend what is the breadth, and length,
and depth,
19 and height, and to know the love of Christ,
which surpasseth knowledge; that ye may be filled note according
to the abundant fulness of God.
20 Now to Him
that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that
we can ask or think, according to the power operating
in us,
21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus,
throughout all the generations of eternal ages. Amen.
1 I therefore, a prisoner note for the sake of the Lord,
note exhort you to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith
ye are called, with all humility and meekness;
2 and with
long-suffering forbear one another in love,
3 endeavouring
to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace:
for there is but one body and one Spirit,
4 even as ye are
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called in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith,
one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all, who is above
all, and through all, and in note all.
7 But grace is given
to each of us, according to the measure of the gift of
Christ.
8 Wherefore note it is said note, “When he ascended
on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to
men.”
9 Now this expression “He ascended” what note does
it mean, but that He note descended first into the lower
parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also
that ascended far above all heavens, that he might fill
all things.
11 And therefore He gave some to be apostles, some prophets,
some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers;
note to qualify holy men for the work of the ministry,
12 to
the edifying of the body of Christ:
13 till we all arrive in
the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son
of God, at perfect note maturity, even to the measure of
the note stature of the fulness of Christ.
14 That we may
be no longer children fluctuating and carried about with
every wind of doctrine, by the note artful insinuations of
men, and their note crafty methods of deceiving;
15 but
holding the truth in love, may grow up in all things into
Him, who is the head, even Christ:
16 from whom the
whole body being fitly joined together and compacted
by the note aid of every joint, according to the operation
note proportioned to every part, maketh an increase note to
the edification of itself in love.
17 This I say therefore, and note charge you in the name of
the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the
Gentiles walk,
18 in the vanity of their mind, darkened
in their understanding, and note alienated from the life of
God, through the ignorance that is in them, by reason
of the note hardness of their heart:
19 who, being past feeling,
have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to commit
all uncleanness with greediness.
20 But ye have not so
learned Christ;
21 if ye have indeed hearkened to Him,
and been instructed in Him, as the truth is in Jesus;
to put off the old man,
22 which according to your former
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conversation was corrupted with deceitful lusts,
23 and be
renewed in the note spirit of your mind;
24 and to put on
the new man, which according to the image of God is
created in righteousness, and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak ye every one
truth to his neighbor; for we are all members note of one
society.
26 Be angry, and sin not: let not the sun go
down upon your wrath;
27 and give not the devil room to
ensnare you.
28 Let him that stole steal no more; but rather
let him labour, note doing some good with his hands,
that he may have something to bestow on him that hath
need of it.
29 Let no corrupt word come out of your
mouth; but note what is good to useful edification, that
it may note benefit the hearers.
30 And grieve not the holy
Spirit of God note whereby ye are sealed to the day of
redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and fury, and clamor,
and calumny, be put away from you, with all malice:
and be kind one to another,
32 tender-hearted, forgiving
one another, even as God in Christ forgiveth you.
1 Be ye therefore imitators of God as his dear children;
and walk in love,
2 even as Christ hath loved us, and
given Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to
God for note an odor of sweet perfume.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or inordinate note
desire, let it not be even named among you; note for so it
becometh saints:
4 nor ribaldry, nor buffoonery, nor
note wanton jesting, which are note not meet: but rather
giving of thanks.
5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger,
nor unclean person, nor note covetous man, (who is
an idolater,) hath any inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and of God.
6 Let no one deceive you with vain
words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of
God upon the note children of note disobedience.
7 Therefore
be not partners with them.
8 For ye were heretofore darkness, but now ye are light
in the Lord:
9 walk therefore as children of light, (for
the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness
and truth,
10 ) approving what is well-pleasing to the Lord.
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11 And have no note communion with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather note reprove them.
12 For it is a shame
even to relate the things that are done by them in secret.
13 But all things to be reproved: are made manifest by the
light: for whatever note doth make manifest, is light.
14 Wherefore He saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and
arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools,
but as wise men:
16 redeeming the time, because the note days
are evil.
17 Wherefore be not thoughtless, but consider
what is the will of the Lord.
18 And be not drunk with
wine, in which there is note riotous excess; but be filled
with the Spirit:
19 speaking to yourselves in psalms, and
hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody
in your heart to the Lord:
20 always giving thanks for
all to God even the Father in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ:
21 submitting yourselves to each other in
the fear of God.
22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the
Lord:
23 for the husband is the head of the wife, even as
Christ is the head of the church: and note the saviour of
note that body.
24 As the church then is subject to Christ, so
also should wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved
the church, and gave up Himself for it:
26 to sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 that
He might note prepare it for Himself a glorious church,
not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but
that it should be holy and unblameable.
28 Men ought so
to love their note wives, as their own bodies: he that
loveth his note wife, loveth himself.
29 For no one ever
hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it,
even as the Lord also doth the church:
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