| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will: To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus. | 1From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus. |
| 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! |
| 3Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens. | 3Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ. |
| 4For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love | 4For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love. |
| 5He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will, | 5He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will-- |
| 6to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved. | 6to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son. |
| 7We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace | 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace |
| 8that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. | 8that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight. |
| 9He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him | 9He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, |
| 10for the administration of the days of fulfillment--to bring everything together in the Messiah, both things in heaven and things on earth in Him. | 10toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ--the things in heaven and the things on earth. |
| 11We have also received an inheritance in Him, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will, | 11In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will |
| 12so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory. | 12so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory. |
| 13When you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed in Him, you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. | 13And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation)--when you believed in Christ--you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, |
| 14He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory. | 14who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory. |
| 15This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, | 15For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, |
| 16I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. | 16I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers. |
| 17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. | 17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, |
| 18I pray that the perception of your mind may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints, | 18--since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened--so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, |
| 19and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His vast strength. | 19and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength. |
| 20He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens-- | 20This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms |
| 21far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come. | 21far 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. |
| 22And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church, | 22And God put all things under Christ's feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things. |
| 23which is His body, the fullness of the One who fills all things in every way. | 23Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. |
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