Ephesians 1
2 (His) grace and (the) peace (it gives)
to you from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ (be with you
all).
3 Spoken well of and highly celebrated with the most
eloquent of speech is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
bestowed upon us (His children) the same blessing, in the word He
spoke about us in Christ Jesus who is seated (an immortal man in the
glory and honor of the Father) at the right hand of Majesty on high.
4 Exactly as He has chosen us (to be) in Him before
(death entered at) the foundation of the world, so that we would be
set apart (for His life) and (stand) without accusation before
Him in love:
5 Having determined (from the beginning) that
we (as His children) should have His (same) life, has He now
declared us as His rightful children and sons through (the resurrection
of the man) Jesus Christ (redeeming us back) to Himself (and
His original purpose for us), and according to the good pleasure (and
satisfaction) of His will,
6 To the (only life that He determined was)
praiseworthy (and fitting for His children) of His good view (and
opinion which He declared) in His grace (toward them in
raising Jesus Christ to His life and immortality), wherein He has also (loved
us and) freely given us the same life (preserving our lives
incorruptible inside of the) Beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption (from death)
through His blood (that ran out, releasing us from death’s bondage),
the sending away of (its sting) our trespasses (wherein we
formerly labored in vain), showing forth the riches of His grace (kindness
and mercy towards us through Christ Jesus);
8 Wherein He has lavished upon us (His love and
has given us) all wisdom and understanding;
9 Having made known (by openly unveiling) to
us the mystery of His will (towards us all), according to His good
pleasure which He has purposed in Himself (from before the world began):
10 And (having
purposed it)
does He (also) oversee it (to completion, so that) in the
fullness of time,
He might gather
together all things as one in Christ, (so that) both that which is in
heaven and on the earth would be joined as one (incorruptible) in
Him.
11 In (Him) whom also we have obtained an (eternal)
inheritance (of His life and immortality), which (life) He
predetermined (for us His children from the beginning) according to
the purpose of the One (God and Father) who works all things after
the (plan and) counsel of His own will:
12 So that we should be (One with His life),
the (only life which He) approved (and saw fitting) for (His
children) of His glory, (in us) who first hoped (looking for
the life that) Christ (would bring).
13 In whom (also) you (have) trusted (and
hoped), after that you heard the word of truth (for all people),
the gospel of your salvation (from death and corruption): in whom
after you believed He set the seal (of His sonship) upon you (marking
you) with the Holy Spirit (by which He has) promised (us His
life),
14 Which (Spirit) is the guarantee of the
inheritance (of Christ) until the redemption of our (corruptible)
bodies (immortal) unto the (only life which He) approved (and
saw fitting) for (His children) of His glory.
15 Because of this have I also after hearing of the
faith that you have among you in the Lord Jesus and the love you have for
all those who are sharing (with you) in His life,
16 Have not ceased to give thanks for you, making
mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God (and Father) of our Lord
Jesus Christ, The Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation (that is contained within Christ) the knowledge of Him:
18 (So that) the eyes of your understanding
would be illuminated (to see clearly); so that you may (intimately)
know (Him) and the (sure) hope (of the life He has promised
in Christ) that He has (desired), invited (and prepared)
for you (from the beginning), and what are the riches that come from
His glory (which is) His inheritance in all those who desire to share
in His life,
19 And (that you may know) what is the
surpassing greatness of His strength (and ability) in us who are
persuaded (trusting that He will bring forth His life in us), by the
(same) operation of His mighty power,
20 Which He has openly demonstrated in Christ, when
He raised Him from the dead (a man in immortal flesh and bone never to
die again), and set Him at His own right hand in heavenly places,
21 (A place) far above all wisdom, (knowledge)
and power, and strength, and authority, and every name that can be named,
not only in this world, but also in the world which is to come:
22 And has put all things under His feet, and has
given (Himself) in Jesus Christ (the beginning of the creation of God,
the firstborn from the dead) to be the head over all wisdom to the
church,
