New American Standard Bible 2020

Ephesians 1:1-14

1Paul, 1an apostle of 2Christ Jesus 3 4by the will of God,

To the 5 6saints who are 7at 8Ephesus and 9are faithful in 10Christ Jesus: 2 11Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 12Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in 13the heavenly places in Christ, 4just as 14He chose us in Him before 15the foundation of the world, that we would be 16holy and blameless before 17Him. 18In love 5 19He 20predestined us to 21adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, 22according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 23to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in 24the Beloved. 7 25In 26Him we have 27redemption 28through His blood, the 29forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to 30the riches of His grace 8which He 31lavished on 32us. In all wisdom and insight 9He 33 34made known to us the mystery of His will, 35according to His good pleasure which He 36set forth in Him, 10regarding His plan of 37the fullness of the times, 38to bring all things together in Christ, things 39in the heavens and things on the earth. 11 40In Him we also 41have obtained an inheritance, having been 42predestined 43according to the purpose of Him who works all things 44in accordance with the plan of His will, 12to the end that 45we who were the first to hope in the 46Christ would be 47to the praise of His glory. 13In 48Him, 49you also, after listening to 50the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also 51believed, you were 52sealed in 53Him with 54the Holy Spirit of the promise, 14who is a 55first installment of 56our inheritance, in regard to the 57redemption of 58God’s own possession, 59to the praise of His glory.

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Notes

1. Ephesians 1:1 2 Cor 1:1 ↩
2. Ephesians 1:1 Rom 8:1 ↩
3. Ephesians 1:1 Lit through ↩
4. Ephesians 1:1 1 Cor 1:1 ↩
5. Ephesians 1:1 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
6. Ephesians 1:1 Acts 9:13 ↩
7. Ephesians 1:1 Three early mss do not contain at Ephesus ↩
8. Ephesians 1:1 Acts 18:19 ↩
9. Ephesians 1:1 Col 1:2 ↩
10. Ephesians 1:1 Rom 8:1 ↩
11. Ephesians 1:2 Rom 1:7 ↩
12. Ephesians 1:3 2 Cor 1:3 ↩
13. Ephesians 1:3 Eph 1:20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12 ↩
14. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 2:10; 2 Thess 2:13f ↩
15. Ephesians 1:4 Matt 25:34 ↩
16. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 5:27; Col 1:22 ↩
17. Ephesians 1:4 Or Him, in love. He ↩
18. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 4:2, 15, 16; 5:2 ↩
19. Ephesians 1:5 Lit having predestined ↩
20. Ephesians 1:5 Acts 13:48; Rom 8:29f ↩
21. Ephesians 1:5 Rom 8:14ff ↩
22. Ephesians 1:5 Phil 2:13; Col 1:19 ↩
23. Ephesians 1:6 Eph 1:12, 14 ↩
24. Ephesians 1:6 Matt 3:17 ↩
25. Ephesians 1:7 Col 1:14 ↩
26. Ephesians 1:7 Lit whom ↩
27. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 3:24; 1 Cor 1:30; Eph 1:14 ↩
28. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 20:28; Rom 3:25 ↩
29. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 2:38 ↩
30. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:18; 2:7; 3:8, 16 ↩
31. Ephesians 1:8 Lit made abundant toward ↩
32. Ephesians 1:8 Or us in all wisdom and insight. He ↩
33. Ephesians 1:9 Lit making known ↩
34. Ephesians 1:9 Rom 11:25; Eph 3:3 ↩
35. Ephesians 1:9 1 Cor 1:21; Gal 1:15 ↩
36. Ephesians 1:9 Rom 8:28; Eph 1:11 ↩
37. Ephesians 1:10 Mark 1:15 ↩
38. Ephesians 1:10 Eph 3:15; Phil 2:9f; Col 1:16, 20 ↩
39. Ephesians 1:10 Lit upon ↩
40. Ephesians 1:11 Lit In whom also ↩
41. Ephesians 1:11 Deut 4:20; Eph 1:14; Titus 2:14 ↩
42. Ephesians 1:11 Eph 1:5 ↩
43. Ephesians 1:11 Rom 8:28f; Eph 3:11 ↩
44. Ephesians 1:11 Rom 9:11; Heb 6:17 ↩
45. Ephesians 1:12 I.e., Jewish believers ↩
46. Ephesians 1:12 I.e., Messiah ↩
47. Ephesians 1:12 Eph 1:6, 14 ↩
48. Ephesians 1:13 Lit whom ↩
49. Ephesians 1:13 I.e., Gentile believers ↩
50. Ephesians 1:13 Eph 4:21; Col 1:5 ↩
51. Ephesians 1:13 Or believed in Him, you were sealed ↩
52. Ephesians 1:13 Eph 4:30 ↩
53. Ephesians 1:13 Lit whom ↩
54. Ephesians 1:13 Acts 2:33 ↩
55. Ephesians 1:14 2 Cor 1:22 ↩
56. Ephesians 1:14 Acts 20:32 ↩
57. Ephesians 1:14 Eph 1:7 ↩
58. Ephesians 1:14 Eph 1:11 ↩
59. Ephesians 1:14 Eph 1:6, 12 ↩

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