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| Ephesians 1:1 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: | Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus believers in Christ Jesus. | Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, to the saints and faithful in Christ Jesus who are at Ephesus. |
| Ephesians 1:2 | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Ephesians 1:3 | Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ: | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has crowned us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ; | Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ; |
| Ephesians 1:4 | even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: | even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence. | according as he has chosen us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love; |
| Ephesians 1:5 | having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, | For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ such being His gracious will and pleasure | having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, |
| Ephesians 1:6 | to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: | to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One. | to [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved: |
| Ephesians 1:7 | in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, | It is in Him, and through the shedding of His blood, that we have our deliverance the forgiveness of our offences so abundant was God's grace, | in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace; |
| Ephesians 1:8 | which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, | the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us, | which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence, |
| Ephesians 1:9 | making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him | when He made known to us the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose | having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself |
| Ephesians 1:10 | unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say,] | for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him. | for [the] administration of the fulness of times; to head up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth; in him, |
| Ephesians 1:11 | in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will; | In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will, | in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his own will, |
| Ephesians 1:12 | to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: | so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ. | that we should be to [the] praise of his glory who have pre-trusted in the Christ: |
| Ephesians 1:13 | in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,-- in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, | And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation having believed in Him were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit; | in whom *ye* also [have trusted], having heard the word of the truth, the glad tidings of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, |
| Ephesians 1:14 | which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his glory. | that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory. | who is [the] earnest of our inheritance to the redemption of the acquired possession to [the] praise of his glory. |
| Ephesians 1:15 | For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints, | For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people, | Wherefore *I* also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which [is] in you, and the love which [ye have] towards all the saints, |
| Ephesians 1:16 | cease not to give thanks for you, making mention [of you] in my prayers; | offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers. | do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention [of you] at my prayers, |
| Ephesians 1:17 | that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; | For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father most glorious to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him, | that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you [the] spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him, |
| Ephesians 1:18 | having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, | the eyes of your understanding being enlightened so that you may know what is the hope which His call to you inspires, what the wealth of the glory of His inheritance in God's people, | being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, [and] what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, |
| Ephesians 1:19 | and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might | and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might | and what the surpassing greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength, |
| Ephesians 1:20 | which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places], | when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms, | [in] which he wrought in the Christ [in] raising him from among [the] dead, and he set him down at his right hand in the heavenlies, |
| Ephesians 1:21 | far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: | high above all other government and authority and power and dominion, and every title of sovereignty used either in this Age or in the Age to come. | above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come; |
| Ephesians 1:22 | and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, | God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body, | and has put all things under his feet, and gave him [to be] head over all things to the assembly, |
| Ephesians 1:23 | which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. | the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself. | which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all: |
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