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1:1 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:
1:2 Grace [be] to you, and peace, from God our Father, and
 [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
 who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly
 [places] in Christ:
1:4 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:
1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by
 Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his
 will,
1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath
 made us accepted in the beloved.
1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the
 forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
1:8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and
 prudence;
1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according
 to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
1:10 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:
1:11 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:
1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first
 trusted in Christ.
1:13 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,
1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the
 redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his
 glory.
1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord
 Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in
 my prayers;
1:17 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:
1:18 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,
1:19 And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to
 us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty
 power,
1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the
 dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly
 [places],
1:21 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:
1:22 And hath put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to
 be] the head over all [things] to the church,
1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in
 all.
2:1 And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and
 sins;
2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of
 this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,
 the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in
 the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and
 of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as
 others.
2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith
 he loved us,
2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together
 with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
2:6 And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together
 in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:
2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches
 of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
 yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto
 good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk
 in them.
2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles
 in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is
 called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from
 the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of
 promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are
 made nigh by the blood of Christ.
2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath
 broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];
2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of
 commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself
 of twain one new man, [so] making peace;
2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by
 the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and
 to them that were nigh.
2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the
 Father.
2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
 fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and
 prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];
2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto
 an holy temple in the Lord:
2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of
 God through the Spirit.
3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you
 Gentiles,
3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God
 which is given me to you-ward:
3:3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery;
 (as I wrote afore in few words,
3:4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the
 mystery of Christ)
3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men,
 as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by
 the Spirit;
3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same
 body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
3:7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the
 grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his
 power.
3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this
 grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the
 unsearchable riches of Christ;
3:9 And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the
 mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in
 God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers
 in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold
 wisdom of God,
3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in
 Christ Jesus our Lord:
3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the
 faith of him.
3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for
 you, which is your glory.
3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord
 Jesus Christ,
3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his
 glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner
 man;
3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye,
 being rooted and grounded in love,
3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the
 breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
 that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above
 all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh
 in us,
3:21 Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus
 throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye
 walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,
 forbearing one another in love;
4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
 peace.
4:4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called
 in one hope of your calling;
4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
4:6 One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through
 all, and in you all.
4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the
 measure of the gift of Christ.
4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led
 captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended
 first into the lower parts of the earth?
4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far
 above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
 evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the
 ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
 knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
 measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
4:14 That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and
 fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
 sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in
 wait to deceive;
4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all
 things, which is the head, [even] Christ:
4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and
 compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the
 effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase
 of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye
 henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of
 their mind,
4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the
 life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of
 the blindness of their heart:
4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto
 lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
4:21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by
 him, as the truth is in Jesus:
4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old
 man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created
 in righteousness and true holiness.
4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with
 his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
 wrath:
4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him
 labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that
 he may have to give to him that needeth.
4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but
 that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister
 grace unto the hearers.
4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are
 sealed unto the day of redemption.
4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and
 evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
 another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
 given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a
 sweetsmelling savour.
5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let
 it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which
 are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person,
 nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in
 the kingdom of Christ and of God.
5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
 things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of
 disobedience.
5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in
 the Lord: walk as children of light:
5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and
 righteousness and truth;)
5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
 darkness, but rather reprove [them].
5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are
 done of them in secret.
5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the
 light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise
 from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as
 wise,
5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will
 of the Lord [is].
5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be
 filled with the Spirit;
5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual
 songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father
 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto
 the Lord.
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is
 the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let]
 the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the
 church, and gave himself for it;
5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of
 water by the word,
5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not
 having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should
 be holy and without blemish.
5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He
 that loveth his wife loveth himself.
5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
 cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his
 bones.
5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and
 shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and
 the church.
5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his
 wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence
 [her] husband.
6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
6:2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first
 commandment with promise;)
6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on
 the earth.
6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but
 bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters
 according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness
 of your heart, as unto Christ;
6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of
 Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
6:7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to
 men:
6:8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same
 shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.
6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing
 threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven;
 neither is there respect of persons with him.
6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the
 power of his might.
6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
 stand against the wiles of the devil.
6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
 principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
 darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
 [places].
6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye
 may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,
 to stand.
6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,
 and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of
 peace;
6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall
 be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
 Spirit, which is the word of God:
6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the
 Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and
 supplication for all saints;
6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may
 open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may
 speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, [and] how I do,
 Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord,
 shall make known to you all things:
6:22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye
 might know our affairs, and [that] he might comfort your
 hearts.
6:23 Peace [be] to the brethren, and love with faith, from God
 the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
6:24 Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in
 sincerity. Amen. <[To [the] Ephesians written from Rome, by
 Tychicus.]>