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Home arrow Resources arrow Translation Project arrow Ephesians Chapter 1

Ephesians Chapter 1 Print E-mail
Written by Matthew M Thomas   
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the will of God –

To the holy ones [saints (a-gios)] who are [in Ephesus] and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one who blessed us in/with all spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy [un-earthly (a-gios)] and blameless [un-blemished (a-momos)] face-to-face [in his manifest presence] with him in love, 5 having set us apart beforehand [predestined us] for adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the delight of his will, 6 to/for the praise of his glorious grace which he gave [graced] us [with] in the One-who-is-loved [or One-whom-he-loves]

7 in whom we have [both] (1) our ransom paid through his blood, [and] (2) forgiveness for our false steps [trespasses] according to the riches of his grace 8 of which he gave an overflowing abundant amount to us in all wisdom and sensibility, 9 having made known to us the mystery of his will according to his delight which he set up [purposed] in him as a plan to manage the fullness of time, to re-place under one head [to sum up; re-capitulate] all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on earth in him,

11 in whom, furthermore, we were appointed having been set apart beforehand [predestined] according to the purpose of the one who works out [accomplishes] all things according to the deliberation of his will 12 so that we who have already put our hope in Christ [or we (Jews) who hopefully expected all of this to happen in the Messiah] might be for the praise of his glory,

13 in whom you also, having heard the message [word] of truth, the good-news-of-victory of your salvation, in which you believed, were marked with the seal of approval by the promised Holy Spirit 14 who is the down payment [earnest-money; pledge] on our inheritance for the ransom of those who are procured [by God] for the praise of his glory. 

15 For this reason even I, having heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the holy ones [saints (a-gios)] 16 do not cease to give thanks because of you, remembering you in all my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory, might give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, having given light to the eyes of your hearts so that you may know (1) what the hope of your calling is, (2) what the riches of the glory of his inheritance are among the holy ones [saints], and (3) what the surpassing [excessive] greatness of his power is for us who believe according to the working of his strong [mighty] power, which he exerted in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavenly places above all rule[rs], above all authorit[y|ies], above all power, above all [anything that can claim] lordship dominion, and above all names that are named, not only in this current age but even in the age that is coming; and he placed everything under his feet and gave him the head over all things with respect to the ekklesia [the church, the called-out ones] which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in all things [or fills everything completely full].
 
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