Ephesians 1

Legacy Standard Bible

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle of ^(B)Christ Jesus ^[a](C)by the will of God,

To the ^[b](D)saints who are ^[c]at ^(E)Ephesus and ^(F)who are faithful in ^(G)Christ Jesus: ^2 (H)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

^3 (I)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in ^(J)the heavenly places in Christ, ⁴ just as ^(K)He chose us in Him before ^(L)the foundation of the world, that we would be ^(M)holy and blameless before ^[d]Him ^(N)in love, ⁵ by ^(O)predestining us to ^(P)adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, ^(Q)according to the good pleasure of His will, ^6 (R)to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in ^(S)the Beloved. ^7 (T)In ^[e]Him we have ^(U)redemption ^(V)through His blood, the ^(W)forgiveness of our transgressions, according to ^(X)the riches of His grace ⁸ which He caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight, ^9 (Y)making known to us the mystery of His will, ^(Z)according to His good pleasure which He ^(AA)purposed in Him ¹⁰ for an administration of ^(AB)the fullness of the times, that is, ^(AC)the summing up of all things in Christ, things ^[f]in the heavens and things on the earth in Him. ¹¹ In ^[g]Him, we also ^[h](AD)have been made an inheritance, having been ^(AE)predestined ^(AF)according to the purpose of Him who works all things ^(AG)according to the counsel of His will, ¹² to the end that we who first have hoped in ^[i]Christ would be ^(AH)to the praise of His glory. ¹³ In ^[j]Him, you also, after listening to ^(AI)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also ^[k]believed, you were ^(AJ)sealed in ^[l]Him with ^(AK)the Holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴ who is ^[m](AL)given as a pledge of ^(AM)our inheritance, unto the ^(AN)redemption of ^(AO)God’s own possession, ^(AP)to the praise of His glory.

¹⁵ For this reason I too, ^(AQ)having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and ^[n]your love for ^(AR)all the ^[o]saints, ^16 (AS)do not cease giving thanks for you, ^(AT)while making mention of you in my prayers: ¹⁷ that the ^(AU)God of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(AV)the Father of glory, may give to you the ^[p]Spirit of ^(AW)wisdom and of ^(AX)revelation in the ^[q]full knowledge of Him, ¹⁸ so that you—^(AY)the eyes of your heart having been enlightened—will know what is the ^(AZ)hope of His ^(BA)calling, what are ^(BB)the riches of the glory of ^(BC)His inheritance in ^(BD)the ^[r]saints, ¹⁹ and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe ^(BE)according to the working of the ^(BF)might of His strength, ²⁰ which He worked in Christ, by ^(BG)raising Him from the dead and ^(BH)seating Him at His right hand in ^(BI)the heavenly places, ²¹ far above ^(BJ)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every ^(BK)name that is named, not only in ^(BL)this age but also in the one to come. ²² And ^(BM)He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as ^(BN)head over all things to the church, ²³ which is His ^(BO)body, the ^(BP)fullness of Him who ^(BQ)fills ^(BR)all in all.