1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will: To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus.
2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.
4. For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love
5. He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will,
6. to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved.
7. We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
8. that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
9. He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him