Ephesians 1
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Greeting
1Paul, # 1:1 Ac 13:9 an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will: # 1:1 Eph 1:9
To the faithful saints # 1:1 Eph 5:2 in Christ Jesus # 1:1 Or to the saints, the believers in Christ Jesus at Ephesus. # 1:1 Other mss omit at Ephesus,# 1:1 Ac 18:19–21; 19:9–10; 20:3,17; 1Co 15:32; Rv 2:1
2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
God’s Rich Blessings
3Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ. # 1:3 Eph 1:20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12 4For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him. # 1:4 Or in his sight. In love,# 1:4 Jd 24 5He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6to the praise of his glorious grace # 1:6 Jn 1:14; Rm 5:2; 2Co 4:15 that he lavished on us in the Beloved One. # 1:6 Mt 3:17; Jn 3:35; 10:17; Col 1:13
7In him we have redemption # 1:7 Heb 9:12 through his blood, the forgiveness # 1:7 Ps 25:11; Mt 9:2; Mk 2:5; Lk 24:47 of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace 8that he richly poured out on us with all wisdom and understanding. # 1:8 Or on us. With all wisdom and understanding 9He made known to us the mystery of his will, # 1:9 Rm 11:25; 16:25; Eph 3:3; Col 1:27 according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ # 1:9 Rm 9:11 10as a plan for the right time # 1:10 Or the fulfillment of times — to bring everything together in Christ, # 1:10 Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 both things in heaven and things on earth # 1:10 Php 2:10 in him. # 1:10 Col 1:16
11In him we have also received an inheritance, # 1:11 Or In him we are also an inheritance, because we were predestined # 1:11 Pr 19:21 according to the plan of the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of his will, 12so that we who had already put our hope # 1:12 1Th 1:3 in Christ might bring praise to his glory. # 1:12 Mk 10:37
13In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit # 1:13 Ps 51:11; Jn 1:33; Ac 2:4; Rm 8:9; Gl 5:25; Ti 3:5; Rv 3:22 when you heard the word of truth, # 1:13 Col 1:5; 2Th 2:10 the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed. 14The Holy Spirit is the down payment # 1:14 Gn 38:17–18,20; 2Co 1:22; 5:5 of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.
Prayer for Spiritual Insight
15This is why, since I heard about 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. 17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, # 1:17 Or the Father of glory would give you the Spirit # 1:17 Or a spirit,# 1:17 Ps 51:12 of wisdom and revelation # 1:17 1Pt 4:13 in the knowledge of him. 18I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope # 1:18 1Th 1:3 of his calling, # 1:18 Col 3:15 what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power # 1:19 Ac 4:33 toward us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength.
God’s Power in Christ
20He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand # 1:20 Php 2:9 in the heavens # 1:20 Jn 20:17; Eph 1:3; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12; Php 2:10; 1Pt 3:22 — 21far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, # 1:21 Lit every name named,# 1:21 2Tm 2:19 not only in this age but also in the one to come. # 1:21 Mk 10:30 22And he subjected everything under his feet # 1:22 Ps 8:6,# 1:22 Ps 8:6; Rm 13:1; 1Co 15:27; 1Pt 3:22 and appointed him # 1:22 Lit gave him as head # 1:22 Col 2:10 over everything for the church, 23which is his body, # 1:23 Eph 4:4 the fullness # 1:23 Jn 1:16 of the one who fills all things # 1:23 Col 3:11 in every way.
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Ephesians 1
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1Sha'ul a Shliach of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua b'ratzon Hashem (by the will of G-d) to the Kedoshim who are in Ephesus, and who are HaNe'emanim in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua;
2Chen v'Chesed Hashem to you and shalom from Elokim Avinu and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua.
3Baruch Hashem Elokim Avi Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, who has bestowed on us every birkat hanefesh in Shomayim in Moshiach, 4Just as He in Him chose us to be part of Hashemʼs Bechirim (Chosen Ones) before the hivvased tevel (foundation of the world), that we should be Kedoshim and without mum#1:4 Lv 22:20 (defect) before Him in ahavah:#1:4 Lv 11:44; 20:7; 2Sm 22:24; Ps 15:2 5Having provided the yi'ud merosh (predestination) for us to be chosen as adopted bnei brit through Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua to Himself, according to the chafetz (good pleasure) of His ratzon (will), 6To the tehillat kavod of the Chen v'Chesed Hashem of Him (to the praise of the glory of His grace) by which Hashem freely favored us in the Moshiach HaAhuv. 7In Him we have the pedut (redemption, Geulah release on payment of ransom) through the#1:7 kapporah dahm of Moshiach,#1:7 Isa 53:10-12; Dan 9:26; Num 19:20 the selichat chatoteinu (forgiveness of our sins), according to the osher (wealth) of His Chen v'Chesed Hashem (grace of G-d); 8Which He lavished upon us, 9In all chochmah (wisdom) and binah (understanding), having made hisgalus (revelation) to us of the sod of His ratzon (mystery of His will), His chafetz (good pleasure), according to the etza (counsel, plan of G-d) which Hashem set forth in Moshiach: 10For a pekudat Hashem (stewardship of G-d), a plan for the fullness of time, gathering up all things in Moshiach, both the things in Shomayim and the things on Ha'Aretz in Him.
11In Moshiach we have also obtained a nachalah#1:11 Ps 16:5-6 (allotted inheritance), having been predestined according to the tochnit Hashem (purposeful and willed plan of G-d), who works all things after the counsel of His ratzon, 12To the end that we who were Rishonim to have tikvah in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach should be to the tehillat kavod (praise of glory) of Him. 13In Moshiach you also, having heard the message of HaEmes, the Besuras HaGeulah of Yeshu'as Elokeinu which is yours, having also come to emunah, did receive your chotam (seal) in Moshiach with the Ruach Hakodesh of havtachah (promise), 14Who is bestowed as an eravon (pledge) of our nachalah (allotted inheritance),#1:14 Ps 16:5-6 with a view to the Geulah of Hashemʼs own possession, to the tehillat kavod (praise of glory) of Him.
15Because of all of this, I, too, having heard of the emunah in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua which is yours, and having heard of your ahavah for all the Kedoshim, 16Do not cease giving hodayah (thanksgiving) for you, while speaking of you in my tefillos; 17That Hashem of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua, the Avi Hakavod, may give to you a ruach of chochmah and hisgalus (revelation) in the da'as (knowledge) of Moshiach.#1:17 Ex 28:3; Isa 11:2 18It is my tefillah that the eynayim of your levavot may be enlightened so that you may have da'as of what is the tikvah of His kri'ah (his summons from Shomayim), what is the osher (wealth) of the kavod of His nachalah (allotted inheritance) in the Kedoshim, 19And what is the surpassing gedulat hagevurah (greatness of His power) to us who have emunah, according to the working of the ko'ach of His might#1:19 Isa 40:26 20Which He exerted in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach when He raised Him in the Techiyas HaMoshiach, having seated Him at His yamin (right hand) in Shomayim, 21Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the Olam Hazeh but also in Olam Habah. 22And Hashem subordinated all things under the feet of Moshiach and gave Him as Rosh over all things to the Brit Chadasha Kehillah, 23Which is the Guf HaMoshiach (body of Messiah),#1:23 Dt 21:23; Ro 6:3-13; Gn 47:18; Ps 16:9-10; Job 19:25-27; Isa 53:11 the melo (plentitude) of Him, who fills all in all.
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