Ephesians 1:1-3:21 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Ephesians 1:1-3:21

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Paul, ^aan apostle of ^bChrist Jesus ¹^cby the will of God,
To the ²^dsaints who are ³at ^eEphesus and ^fwho are faithful in ^bChrist Jesus: 2 ^aGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 ^aBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in ^bthe heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as ^aHe chose us in Him before ^bthe foundation of the world, that we would be ^choly and blameless before ¹Him ^din love, 5 by ^apredestining us to ^badoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, ^caccording to the good pleasure of His will, 6 ^ato the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in ^bthe Beloved. 7 ^aIn ¹Him we have ^bredemption ^cthrough His blood, the ^dforgiveness of our transgressions, according to ^ethe riches of His grace 8 which He caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight, 9 ^amaking known to us the mystery of His will, ^baccording to His good pleasure which He ^cpurposed in Him 10 for an administration of ^athe fullness of the times, that is, ^bthe summing up of all things in Christ, things ¹in the heavens and things on the earth in Him. 11 In ¹Him, we also ²^ahave been made an inheritance, having been ^bpredestined ^caccording to the purpose of Him who works all things ^daccording to the counsel of His will, 12 to the end that we who first have hoped in ¹Christ would be ^ato the praise of His glory. 13 In ¹Him, you also, after listening to ^athe word of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also ²believed, you were ^bsealed in ¹Him with ^cthe Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is ¹^agiven as a pledge of ^bour inheritance, unto the ^credemption of ^dGod’s own possession, ^eto the praise of His glory.
15 For this reason I too, ^ahaving heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and ¹your love for ^ball the ²saints, 16 ^ado not cease giving thanks for you, ^bwhile making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the ^aGod of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^bthe Father of glory, may give to you the ¹Spirit of ^cwisdom and of ^drevelation in the ²full knowledge of Him, 18 so that you—^athe eyes of your heart having been enlightened—will know what is the ^bhope of His ^ccalling, what are ^dthe riches of the glory of ^eHis inheritance in ^fthe ¹saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe ^aaccording to the working of the ^bmight of His strength, 20 which He worked in Christ, by ^araising Him from the dead and ^bseating Him at His right hand in ^cthe heavenly places, 21 far above ^aall rule and authority and power and dominion, and every ^bname that is named, not only in ^cthis age but also in the one to come. 22 And ^aHe put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as ^bhead over all things to the church, 23 which is His ^abody, the ^bfullness of Him who ^cfills ^dall in all.

By Grace Through Faith

And you ¹were ^adead ²in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you ^aformerly walked according to the ¹course of ^bthis world, according to ^cthe ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now working in ^dthe sons of disobedience, 3 among whom we all also ^aformerly conducted ourselves in ^bthe lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the ¹mind, and were ^cby nature ^dchildren of wrath, ^eeven as the rest. 4 But God, being ^arich in mercy because of ^bHis great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were ^adead ¹in our transgressions, made us alive together ²with Christ—^bby grace you have been saved— 6 and ^araised us up with Him, and ^bseated us with Him in ^cthe heavenly places in ^dChrist Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing ^ariches of His grace in ^bkindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For ^aby grace you have been saved ^bthrough faith, and ¹this not of yourselves, it is ^cthe gift of God; 9 ^anot of works, so that ^bno one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, ^acreated in ^bChrist Jesus for ^cgood works, which God ^dprepared beforehand so that we would ^ewalk in them.
11 Therefore, remember that ^aformerly ^byou—the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “^cUncircumcision” by the so-called “^cCircumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— 12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, ^aalienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to ^bthe covenants of promise, having ^cno hope and ^dwithout God in the world. 13 But now in ^aChrist Jesus you who ^bformerly were ^cfar off ¹have ^cbeen brought near ^dby the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is ^aour peace, ^bwho made both groups one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition 15 ¹by ^aabolishing in His flesh the enmity, ^bthe Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^ccreate the two into ^done new man, making ^epeace, 16 and might ^areconcile them both in ^bone body to God through the cross, having in Himself ^cput to death the enmity. 17 And ^aHe came and preached ^bthe good news of peace to you who were ^cfar away, and peace to those who were ^cnear; 18 for through Him we both have ^aour access in ^bone Spirit to ^cthe Father. 19 So then you are no longer ^astrangers and sojourners, but you are ^bfellow citizens with the ¹saints, and are of ^cGod’s household, 20 having been ^abuilt on ^bthe foundation of ^cthe apostles and prophets, ^dChrist Jesus Himself being the ^ecorner stone, 21 ^ain whom the whole building, being joined together, is growing into ^ba holy ¹sanctuary in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being ^abuilt together into a ^bdwelling of God in the Spirit.

The Mystery of Christ Revealed

For this reason I, Paul, ^athe prisoner of ^bChrist Jesus ^con behalf of you ^dGentiles— 2 if indeed you heard of the ^astewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you; 3 ^athat ^bby revelation there was ^cmade known to me ^dthe mystery, ^eas I wrote before in brief. 4 About which, when you read you can understand ^amy insight ¹into the ^bmystery of Christ, 5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy ^aapostles and prophets ¹in the Spirit: 6 that the Gentiles are ^afellow heirs and ^bfellow members of the body, and ^cfellow partakers of the promise in ^dChrist Jesus through the gospel, 7 ^aof which I was made a ^bminister, according to the gift of ^cGod’s grace which was given to me ^daccording to the working of His power. 8 To me, ^athe very least of all ¹saints, this grace was given, to ^bproclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the unfathomable ^criches of Christ, 9 and to bring to light for all what is the administration of the ^amystery which for ages has been ^bhidden in God ^cwho created all things; 10 so that the manifold ^awisdom of God might now be ^bmade known through the church to the ^crulers and the authorities in ^dthe heavenly places. 11 This was in ^aaccordance with the ¹eternal purpose which He ²carried out in ^bChrist Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and ¹^aconfident ^baccess through faith ²in Him. 13 Therefore I ask ¹you not ^ato lose heart at my afflictions ^bon your behalf, which are your glory.

Prayer for Spiritual Power

14 For this reason I ^abow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom ¹every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that He would give you, according to ^athe riches of His glory, to be ^bstrengthened with power through His Spirit in ^cthe inner man, 17 so that ^aChrist may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being firmly ^brooted and ^cgrounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with ^aall the ¹saints what is ^bthe breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know ^athe love of Christ which ^bsurpasses knowledge, that you may be ^cfilled up to all the ^dfullness of God.
20 ^aNow to Him who is ^bable to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or understand, ^caccording to the power that works within us, 21 ^ato Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations ¹forever and ever. Amen.