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

2  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and YHWH Jesus Christ.

2  Peace be with you and grace from God our Father, and from our LORD Jesus Christ

3  Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ,

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,

4  Just as from the beginning he has chosen us through him, before the foundation of the world, that we may become holy and without blemish before him.

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

5  having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

5  He has predestined us to adoption as sons, through Jesus Christ, in himself, according to the purpose of his will,

5  And he marked us with his love to be his from the beginning, and adopted us to be sons through Jesus Christ, as it pleased his will.

6  to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He bestowed favor upon us in the Beloved.

6  for the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has gifted us in his beloved Son.

7  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

7  in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

8  which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and insight,

8  That that grace which has abounded in us, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

9  having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

9  So does he make known to us the mystery of his will, which he has set forth in Christ, in a manner well-pleasing to him,

9  And because he has made known to us the mystery of his will, as he has ordained from the very beginning, to work through it;

10  for an administration of the fullness of the times, [He might ]bring together all things in Christ, those in heaven and those on the earth-in Him.

11  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

11  In him, we too are called to our portion, having been predestined in accord with the plan of the One who accomplishes all things by the counsel of his will.

11  By whom we have been chosen, as he had marked us from the beginning so he wanted to carry out everything according to the good judgment of his will

12  so that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who first trusted in Christ;

12  to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ

12  So may we be, to the praise of his glory, we who have hoped beforehand in Christ.

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

14  who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory.

14  Which is the pledge of our inheritance, for the salvation of those who are saved, and for the glory of his honour.

15  Because of this I also, after I heard of your faith in YHWH Jesus and your love for all the saints,

15  For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints,

15  Wherefore I also, since I heard of your faith in our LORD Jesus Christ, and your love toward all the saints,

16  do not cease to give thanks concerning you, making mention of you in my prayers

16  I have not ceased giving thanks for you, calling you to mind in my prayers,

16  Never cease to give thanks for your sakes and to mention you in my prayers;

17  that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

18  the eyes of your heart having been enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

18  May the eyes of your heart be illuminated, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and the wealth of the glory of his inheritance with the saints,

18  And so that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the glorious riches of his inheritance in the saints;

19  and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power

19  and the preeminent magnitude of his virtue toward us, toward we who believe in accord with the work of his powerful virtue,

20  which He worked in Christ, having raised Him from the dead, and seated [Him] at His right hand in the heavenlies,

20  Which he wrought through Christ, when he raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in heaven,

21  above every ruler and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the coming [age].

21  far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come

21  above every principality and power and virtue and dominion, and above every name that is given, not only in this age, but even in the future age.

22  And He subjected all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

22  And he has subjected all things under his feet, and he has made him the head over the entire Church,

22  And has put all things under his feet, and made him, who is above all things, the head of the church,

23  which is His body, the fullness of Him filling all things in all.

23  which is his body and which is the fullness of him who accomplishes everything in everyone.

2:1  And you [He made alive,] being dead in transgressions and sins,

1  AND he has quickened you also who were dead because of your sins and trespasses;

2:2  in which you once walked according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit which is now working in the sons of disobedience,

2  wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

2  In which you previously walked according to the worldly course of this world, and according to the will of the supreme ruler of the air, the spirit which is active in the children of disobedience.

2:3  among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.

3  And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.

3  In those very deeds in which we were also corrupted from the very beginning through the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the wills of the flesh and of the mind: thereby we became completely the children of wrath, even as others.

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

4  Yet still, God, who is rich in mercy, for the sake of his exceedingly great charity with which he loved us,

2:5  even when we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

2:6  and raised us up together, and seated us together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,

6  And he has raised us up together, and he has caused us to sit down together in the heavens, in Christ Jesus,

2:7  that in the coming ages He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

7  so that he may display, in the ages soon to arrive, the abundant wealth of his grace, by his goodness toward us in Christ Jesus.

7  In the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Jesus Christ.

2:8  For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God,

8  For it is by grace that you are saved through faith; not of your doing: it is the gift of God

2:9  not of works, lest anyone should boast.

9  And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.

2:10  For we are His handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

2:11  Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh-who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made by hands in the flesh-

11  Because of this, be mindful that, in times past, you were Gentiles in the flesh, and that you were called uncircumcised by those who are called circumcised in the flesh, something done by man,

11  Wherefore remember that you were Gentiles in the flesh from the beginning, and you were called Uncircumcision, differing from that which is called Circumcision, which is the work of the hands in the flesh.

2:12  that at that time you were apart from Christ, being estranged from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope and atheists in the world.

12  and that you were, in that time, without Christ, being foreign to the way of life of Israel, being visitors to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and being without God in this world.

12  At that time you were without Christ, being aliens to the customs of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope, and without God in the world.

2:13  But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far away have come to be near by the blood of Christ.

13  But now, through Jesus Christ, you who sometimes were far off are brought near by the blood of Christ.

2:14  For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and who destroyed the dividing wall of separation,

14  For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,

14  For he is our peace. He made the two into one, by dissolving the intermediate wall of separation, of opposition, by his flesh,

2:15  having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that He might create in Himself one new man [from] the two, [thus] making peace,

15  emptying the law of commandments by decree, so that he might join these two, in himself, into one new man, making peace

15  And he has abolished by his precious body, the enmity between them, and he has abolished by his commandments, the ordinances of the law, that he may create, in his person, from the two, a new man, thus making peace;

2:16  and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, putting to death the enmity in Himself.

16  and reconciling both to God, in one body, through the cross, destroying this opposition in himself.

16  And he reconciled both in one body with God, and with his cross he destroyed the enmity

2:17  And having come, He preached peace to you who were far away and to those near.

17  and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh

17  And upon arriving, he evangelized peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near.

2:18  Because through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

18  For by him, we both have access, in the one Spirit, to the Father.

18  Through him we both are able to draw near by one Spirit to the Father.

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

19  Thus from henceforth you are neither strangers, nor foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and children of the household of God;

2:20  being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,

20  having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.

20  And you are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone of the building

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

21  In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord.

21  And through him the whole building is fashioned and grows into a holy temple through the help of the LORD

2:22  in whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

22  You also are builded by him for a habitation of God through the Spirit.