Ephesians 1
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.
2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ:
4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
4As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.
5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
5Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:
6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
6Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us in his beloved son.
7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace,
8that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
8Which hath superabounded in us in all wisdom and prudence,
9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
9That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him,
10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
10In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth, in him.
11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
11In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will.
12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
12That we may be unto the praise of his glory, we who before hoped Christ:
13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
13In whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth, (the gospel of your salvation;) in whom also believing, you were signed with the holy Spirit of promise,
14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
14Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of acquisition, unto the praise of his glory.
15For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
15Wherefore I also, hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love towards all the saints,
16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
16Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers,
17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge of him:
18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
18The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.
19and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who believe according to the operation of the might of his power,
20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
20Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead, and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places.
21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
21Above all principality, and power, and virtue, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.
22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
22And he hath subjected all things under his feet, and hath made him head over all the church,
23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
23Which is his body, and the fulness of him who is filled all in all.
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