Chapter 1

1:1  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: 

1:2  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:3  Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ,

1:4 just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love,

1:5 having predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace with which grace he has bestowed on us in the beloved one.

1:7  In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, according to the riches of his grace

1:8 which he has lavished on us with all wisdom and insight

1:9  having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

1:10 toward the administration of the fullness of the times,  to bring all things together in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on earth.

1:11 In whom we were made a heritage, having been predestined according to the purpose of the one who is working all things according to the counsel of his will

1:12 in order that we might be to the praise of his glory, the ones who already hoped in Christ, 

1:13 in whom you also having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

1:14 who is the initial installment of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession to the praise of his glory.

1:15 “For this reason I also having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and the love toward all the saints,

1:16 I do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;

1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,

1:18 having had the eyes of your heart enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

1:19 and what is the surpassing greatness of his power  toward us who believe according to the exercise of the might of his power,

1:20 which he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the  heavenly realms,

1:21 above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

1:22 and he subjected all things under his feet, and hegave him as head over all things to the church,

1:23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in  all.

Chapter 2

2:1 And you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

2:2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler over the realm of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

2:3 Among them we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest.

2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

2:5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

2:6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

2:7  so that in the coming ages he might show the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

2:8  For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

2:9  not of works, so that no one may boast.

2:10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

2:11 “Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, the ones who are called ‘uncircumcision’ by the so-called ‘circumcision’ which is performed in the flesh by hands,”

2:12 that you were at that time without Christ, being alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who previously were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

2:14 “For he is our peace, who made the both one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,

2:15 in his flesh by having rendered inoperative the law of commandments in decrees, in order that he might create in himself the two into one new person, so making peace,

2:16 and that he might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

2:17 And coming he preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near;

2:18 so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

2:19 So then you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

2:20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

2:21 in whom the whole building being built together grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

2:22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Chapter 3

3:1  “For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles—

3:2  —if indeed you have heard of the administration of God’s grace which was given to me for you;

3:3  that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly,

3:4  whereby when reading this you are able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

3:5  which in other generations was not made known to sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,”

3:6  that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, 

3:7 of which, I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of his power,

3:8  to me, who is the least of all the saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable wealth of Christ,

3:9 and to enlighten all what is the administration of the mystery which had been hidden for ages in God who created all things

3:10 in order that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms through the church,

3:11 according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

3:12 in whom we have the boldness and access with confidence through faith in him.

3:13 Therefore, I ask you not to lose heart in my tribulations on behalf of you, which is your glory. 

3:14  For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

3:15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 

3:16 that he may grant you according to the wealth of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner man,

3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith —that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

3:18 might be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

3:19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, in order that you might be filled up to all the fullness of God.

3:20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

3:21 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Chapter 4

4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 

4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, 

4:3 making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4:4  There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were 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 over all and through all and in all.

4:7  But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

4:8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led captive the captives, he gave gifts to men.” 

4:9 Now what is the meaning ‘he ascended,’ except that he also descended to the lower parts of the earth? 

4:10 He who descended is himself also he who ascended above all the heavens, in order that he might fill all things.

4:11  And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

4:12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry for building up the body of Christ,

4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

4:14 in order that we might no longer be children, being tossed back and forth by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine by the trickery of people by craftiness towards the scheme of deceit, 

4:15 but rather being truthful with love, we might grow up to him with reference to all things, who is the head, the Christ,

4:16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together through every joint of supply according to the working in measure from each individual part causes the growth of the body to building itself up in love.

4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk in the futility of their minds,

4:18 their reasoning process being darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their heart,

4:19 who, having become callous, have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

4:20 But you did not learn Christ in this way,

4:21 if indeed you have heard about him and have been taught in him, just as truth is in Jesus,

4:22 that you have put off the old man according to the former way of life who is being corrupted according to the lusts of deceit,

4:23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

4:24 and to put on the new man, created after the likeness of God in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth. 

4:25 Therefore, having put off the falsehood, speak the truth, each of you with his neighbor because we are members of one another.

4:26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

4:27 and give no opportunity to the devil.

4:28 The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather he must labor, producing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.

4:29 You must not let any unwholesome word come out of your mouth but whatever is good for the building up of the need in order that it might give grace to those who hear.

4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 

4:31 Every kind of bitterness and anger and wrath and shouting and slander must be put away from you with every kind of malice. 

4:32 But become kind to one another, compassionate, being gracious to one another, just as also God in Christ was gracious to us.

Chapter 5

Eph. 5:1  Therefore, become imitators of God as beloved children

Eph. 5:2  and walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, as an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

Eph. 5:3  But do not let sexual immorality and impurity of any kind or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for the saints,

Eph. 5:4 and there must be no obscenity or foolish talk, or vulgar joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.

Eph. 5:5 For this you know with certainty, that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 

Eph. 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words; for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Eph. 5:7 Therefore do not become partners with them;

Eph. 5:8  for you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

Eph. 5:9 —for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth

Eph. 5:10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

Eph. 5:11 and do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even expose them.

Eph. 5:12 For the things done in secret by them are shameful even to mention,

Eph. 5:13 but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light.

Eph. 5:14 Therefore it says, ‘Wake up, O Sleeper, and rise from the dead,and Christ will shine on you.’

5:15 Therefore, look how carefully you are walking, not as unwise but as wise, 

5:16 taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

5:17 For this reason do not become foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, in which there is dissipation but be filled by the Spirit,

5:19 speaking to one another by means of psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing songs and psalms with your hearts to the Lord;

5:20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God and Father,

5:21 submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.

5:22 Wives submit to your own husbands as to the Lord,

5:23 because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church, he himself is the savior of the body.

5:24 But as the church submits to Christ so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

5:25 Husbands, love your wives just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for her,

5:26 in order that he might sanctify her having cleansed her with the washing of the water by the word,

5:27 in order that he might present the church to himself, glorious, not having a stain or wrinkle or any such thing, but in order that she might be holy and blameless.     

5:28 In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

5:29 For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nurtures and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

5:30 because we are members of his body.

5:31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

5:32 This mystery is great—but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

5:33 Nevertheless also you, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife should fear her husband.

Chapter 6

6:1  Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

6:2  Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise,

6:3  that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.

6:4  And the fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

6:5  Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,

6:6  not according to eye service as people-pleasers but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the inmost being,

6:7  with goodwill serving as a slave as to the Lord and not to people,

6:8  knowing that whatever good each person does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

6:9  And masters, do the same things to them, stop threatening them, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

6:11 Put on the full armor of God, in order that you might be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

6:13 For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able resist in the evil day and having done everything, to stand.

6:14 Stand therefore, having put the belt around your waist with truth and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

6:15 and having strapped on your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

6:16 in all this having taken up the shield of faith, with which you are able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one;

6:17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

6:18 through every prayer and petition praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this end keeping alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

6:19 and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth with boldness to make known the mystery of the gospel,

6:20 for which I am an ambassador in chains that I might speak boldly about it as I ought to speak.

6:21 Now in order that you may also know about my circumstances, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you,

6:22 whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know the things concerning us and that he may comfort your hearts.

6:23 Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

6:24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.