Ephesians

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man, — read the full passage →

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him--head over all things to the assembly,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

And himself is the head of the body--the assembly--who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all <FI>things<Fi> --himself--first,

Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins, — read the full passage →

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth--the good news of your salvation--in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers,

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

to Him <FI>is<Fi> the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;

Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love to all the saints,

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly <FI>places<Fi> , through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

that with one accord--with one mouth--ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled--to all the fulness of God;

according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations, — read the full passage →

which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,

Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him--head over all things to the assembly, — read the full passage →

do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.

Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few <FI>words<Fi> --