以 弗 所 書 1
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
1 我，保罗，奉上帝的旨意，成为耶稣基督的一名使徒 [a]，致信给在以弗所的上帝的圣民和耶稣基督的信徒。（一些古版本省略了以弗所。）
2 愿来自我们的父上帝和主耶稣基督的恩典与和平属于你们。
基督之中属灵的祝福
3 祝福上帝—我们的主耶稣基督之父。在基督里，上帝赐给了我们天国里所有属灵的祝福。 4 在基督里，上帝在创世前就挑选了我们，让我们在他面前成为圣洁和无瑕的人。 5 上帝爱我们，因此预先决定通过耶稣基督收养我们做他的儿女。这是上帝的意愿，这使他喜悦。 6 他这么做，使荣耀的恩典得到赞美，他把这恩典在爱子里无偿地赐给了我们。 7 在基督之中，我们凭借他的血（死），享有自由，罪孽得到赦免，是根据他那丰富的恩典所赐。 8 上帝把那恩典丰盛和无偿地赐给了我们。他用全部的智慧与理解， 9 让我们知道了他的秘密计划。这是上帝的意旨，他已计划通过基督去完成它。 10 上帝的目是，在适当的时刻，使天上、地上的一切都归于基督之中。
11 在基督之中，我们被选中，成为上帝的子民。这是事先预定的，万物都是按照他的意旨来完成的。 12 我们被选，为的是我们这些寄希望于基督的人能够赞扬上帝的荣耀。 13 你们也是如此，你们听到了这真理的信息—即关于拯救你们的福音，并相信了基督。在基督中，上帝用赐给你们他应许过的圣灵，给你们盖上了印记。 14 圣灵是我们继承上帝所应许之物的保证，直到上帝把自由赐给他的子民为止。这将给他的荣耀带来赞美。
保罗的祈祷
15 为此，自从我听到你们对主耶稣的信仰和对上帝所有子民的爱， 16 我就不停地在我的祈祷中，提到你们，因为你们而感谢上帝。 17 我向我们的主耶稣基督的上帝—荣耀的天父祈祷。祈祷他赐给你们属灵的智慧力量和对天父认识的启示。 18 我请求你们的心扉能被打开，看到光明，使你们知道他呼唤你们得到的盼望是什么；使你们知道他赐给他的所有的子民荣耀的财产有多么地丰富与荣耀， 19 他的力量对于我们信徒来说，是如此地不可比拟，他的力量就如同他用来 20 让耶稣从死里复活，并让他在天国里坐在他的右侧的伟力一样。 21 上帝置基督于所有的统治者、权威、权势、领主之上，置他于一切能被授予的头衔之上，不仅在今世，在来世也是如此。 22 上帝置一切于基督的权力之下，并使他成为教会的元首，统治一切。 23 教会是基督的身体。教会充满了基督。他使一切事物在各方面都得到圆满。
Footnotes
- 以 弗 所 書 1:1 使徒： 受耶稣所选，用特殊的方式来代表他的人。
Ephesians 1
King James Version
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to 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 places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh 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, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16 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, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the 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 put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
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