| New International Version | NET Bible |
| 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God's holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: | 1From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus. |
| 2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! |
| 3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. | 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 creation 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 for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure 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, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. | 6to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son. |
| 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's 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, which he purposed in Christ, | 9He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, |
| 10to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment--to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. | 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. |
| 11In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose 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 |
| 12in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. | 12so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory. |
| 13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, 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, |
| 14who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's 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. |
| 15For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's people, | 15For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, |
| 16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. | 16I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers. |
| 17I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. | 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 eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, | 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 his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength | 19and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength. |
| 20he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, | 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 all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present 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 God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be 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 him who fills everything in every way. | 23Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. |
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