Ephesians 1:11-2:22

English Standard Version

¹¹ In him we have obtained ^(A)an inheritance, ^(B)having been predestined ^(C)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to ^(D)the counsel of his will, ¹² so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be ^(E)to the praise of his glory. ¹³ In him you also, when you heard ^(F)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, ^(G)were sealed with the ^(H)promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴ who is ^(I)the guarantee^[a] of our ^(J)inheritance until ^(K)we acquire ^(L)possession of it,^{[b] (M)}to the praise of his glory.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

¹⁵ For this reason, ^(N)because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love^[c] toward all the saints, ¹⁶ I ^(O)do not cease to give thanks for you, ^(P)remembering you in my prayers, ¹⁷ that ^(Q)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ^(R)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, ^18 (S)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is ^(T)the hope to which he has called you, what are ^(U)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, ^(V)according to the working of ^(W)his great might ²⁰ that he worked in Christ ^(X)when he raised him from the dead and ^(Y)seated him at his right hand ^(Z)in the heavenly places, ^21 (AA)far above ^(AB)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above ^(AC)every name that is named, not only in ^(AD)this age but also in the one to come. ²² And ^(AE)he put all things under his feet and gave him as ^(AF)head over all things to the church, ^23 (AG)which is his body, ^(AH)the fullness of him ^(AI)who fills ^(AJ)all in all.

By Grace Through Faith

2 ^(AK)And you were ^(AL)dead in the trespasses and sins ^2 (AM)in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following ^(AN)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in ^(AO)the sons of disobedience— ³ among whom we all once lived in ^(AP)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body^[d] and the mind, and ^(AQ)were by nature ^(AR)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.^{[e] 4} But^[f] God, being ^(AS)rich in mercy, ^(AT)because of the great love with which he loved us, ⁵ even ^(AU)when we were dead in our trespasses, ^(AV)made us alive together with Christ—^(AW)by grace you have been saved— ⁶ and raised us up with him and ^(AX)seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷ so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable ^(AY)riches of his grace in ^(AZ)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For ^(BA)by grace you have been saved ^(BB)through faith. And this is ^(BC)not your own doing; ^(BD)it is the gift of God, ^9 (BE)not a result of works, ^(BF)so that no one may boast. ¹⁰ For ^(BG)we are his workmanship, ^(BH)created in Christ Jesus ^(BI)for good works, ^(BJ)which God prepared beforehand, ^(BK)that we should walk in them.

One in Christ

¹¹ Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called ^(BL)the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— ¹² remember ^(BM)that you were at that time separated from Christ, ^(BN)alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to ^(BO)the covenants of promise, ^(BP)having no hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were ^(BQ)far off have been brought near ^(BR)by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For ^(BS)he himself is our peace, ^(BT)who has made us both one and has broken down ^(BU)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility ¹⁵ by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ^(BV)ordinances, that he might create in himself one ^(BW)new man in place of the two, so making peace, ¹⁶ and might ^(BX)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. ¹⁷ And he came and ^(BY)preached peace to you who were ^(BZ)far off and peace to those who were ^(CA)near. ¹⁸ For ^(CB)through him we both have ^(CC)access in ^(CD)one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer ^(CE)strangers and aliens,^[g] but you are ^(CF)fellow citizens with the saints and ^(CG)members of the household of God, ^20 (CH)built on the foundation of the ^(CI)apostles and prophets, ^(CJ)Christ Jesus himself being ^(CK)the cornerstone, ^21 (CL)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into ^(CM)a holy temple in the Lord. ²² In him ^(CN)you also are being built together ^(CO)into a dwelling place for God by^[h] the Spirit.