1. From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
2. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
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.
4. For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.
5. He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will –
6. to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.