Ephesians -- verse by verse

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Ephesians 1:1
Paul, and apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:

 

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Ephesians 1:2
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

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Ephesians 1:3

"Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ."

 

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Ephesians 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

 

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Ephesians 1:5
he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

 

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Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of his glorious grace with which he has blessed us in Beloved.

 

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Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

 

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Ephesians 1:8
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

 

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Ephesians 1:9
making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ

 

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Ephesians 1:10
as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all tings in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

 

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Ephesians 1:11
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

 

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Ephesians 1:12
That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

 

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Ephesians 1:13
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

 

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Ephesians 1:14
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

 

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Ephesians 1:15
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints

 

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Ephesians 1:16
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

 

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Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

 

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Ephesians 2:2
in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work the sons of disobedience—

 

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Ephesians 2:3
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

 

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Ephesians 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,