Ephesians 1:15-23

New International Reader's Version

Paul Prays and Gives Thanks

¹⁵I have heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus. I have also heard about your love for all God’s people. That is why ¹⁶I have not stopped thanking God for you. I always remember you in my prayers. ¹⁷I pray to the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is the glorious Father. I keep asking him to give you the wisdom and understanding that come from the Holy Spirit. I want you to know God better. ¹⁸I pray that you may understand more clearly. Then you will know the hope God has chosen you to receive. You will know that what God will give his holy people is rich and glorious. ¹⁹And you will know God’s great power. It can’t be compared with anything else. His power works for us who believe. It is the same mighty strength ²⁰God showed. He showed this when he raised Christ from the dead. God seated him at his right hand in his heavenly kingdom. ²¹There Christ sits far above all who rule and have authority. He also sits far above all powers and kings. He is above every name that is appealed to in this world and in the world to come. ²²God placed all things under Christ’s rule. He appointed him to be ruler over everything for the church. ²³The church is Christ’s body and is filled by Christ. He fills everything in every way.

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Ephesians 1:15-23

New International Version

Thanksgiving and Prayer

¹⁵For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus^(A) and your love for all God’s people,^(B) ¹⁶I have not stopped giving thanks for you,^(C) remembering you in my prayers.^(D) ¹⁷I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,^(E) may give you the Spirit^[a] of wisdom^(F) and revelation, so that you may know him better. ¹⁸I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened^(G) in order that you may know the hope to which he has called^(H) you, the riches^(I) of his glorious inheritance^(J) in his holy people,^(K) ¹⁹and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power^(L) is the same as the mighty strength^(M) ²⁰he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead^(N) and seated him at his right hand^(O) in the heavenly realms,^(P) ²¹far above all rule and authority, power and dominion,^(Q) and every name^(R) that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.^(S) ²²And God placed all things under his feet^(T) and appointed him to be head^(U) over everything for the church, ²³which is his body,^(V) the fullness of him^(W) who fills everything in every way.^(X)