New American Standard Bible 2020

Ephesians 1:3-23

3 1Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in 2the heavenly places in Christ, 4just as 3He chose us in Him before 4the foundation of the world, that we would be 5holy and blameless before 6Him. 7In love 5 8He 9predestined us to 10adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, 11according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 12to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in 13the Beloved. 7 14In 15Him we have 16redemption 17through His blood, the 18forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to 19the riches of His grace 8which He 20lavished on 21us. In all wisdom and insight 9He 22 23made known to us the mystery of His will, 24according to His good pleasure which He 25set forth in Him, 10regarding His plan of 26the fullness of the times, 27to bring all things together in Christ, things 28in the heavens and things on the earth. 11 29In Him we also 30have obtained an inheritance, having been 31predestined 32according to the purpose of Him who works all things 33in accordance with the plan of His will, 12to the end that 34we who were the first to hope in the 35Christ would be 36to the praise of His glory. 13In 37Him, 38you also, after listening to 39the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also 40believed, you were 41sealed in 42Him with 43the Holy Spirit of the promise, 14who is a 44first installment of 45our inheritance, in regard to the 46redemption of 47God’s own possession, 48to the praise of His glory.

15For this reason I too, 49having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and 50your love for 51all the 52saints, 16 53do not cease giving thanks for you, 54while making mention of you in my prayers; 17that the 55God of our Lord Jesus Christ, 56the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of 57wisdom and of 58revelation in the 59knowledge of Him. 18I pray that 60the eyes of your heart 61may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the 62hope of His 63calling, what are 64the riches of the glory of 65His inheritance in 66the 67saints, 19and what is the 68boundless greatness of His power toward us who believe. 69These are in accordance with the working of the 70strength of His might 20which He brought about in Christ, when He 71raised Him from the dead and 72seated Him at His right hand in 73the heavenly places, 21far above 74all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every 75name that is named, not only in 76this age but also in the one to come. 22And He 77put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him 78head over all things to the church, 23which is His 79body, the 80fullness of Him who 81fills 82all in all.

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Notes

1. Ephesians 1:3 2 Cor 1:3 ↩
2. Ephesians 1:3 Eph 1:20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12 ↩
3. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 2:10; 2 Thess 2:13f ↩
4. Ephesians 1:4 Matt 25:34 ↩
5. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 5:27; Col 1:22 ↩
6. Ephesians 1:4 Or Him, in love. He ↩
7. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 4:2, 15, 16; 5:2 ↩
8. Ephesians 1:5 Lit having predestined ↩
9. Ephesians 1:5 Acts 13:48; Rom 8:29f ↩
10. Ephesians 1:5 Rom 8:14ff ↩
11. Ephesians 1:5 Phil 2:13; Col 1:19 ↩
12. Ephesians 1:6 Eph 1:12, 14 ↩
13. Ephesians 1:6 Matt 3:17 ↩
14. Ephesians 1:7 Col 1:14 ↩
15. Ephesians 1:7 Lit whom ↩
16. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 3:24; 1 Cor 1:30; Eph 1:14 ↩
17. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 20:28; Rom 3:25 ↩
18. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 2:38 ↩
19. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:18; 2:7; 3:8, 16 ↩
20. Ephesians 1:8 Lit made abundant toward ↩
21. Ephesians 1:8 Or us in all wisdom and insight. He ↩
22. Ephesians 1:9 Lit making known ↩
23. Ephesians 1:9 Rom 11:25; Eph 3:3 ↩
24. Ephesians 1:9 1 Cor 1:21; Gal 1:15 ↩
25. Ephesians 1:9 Rom 8:28; Eph 1:11 ↩
26. Ephesians 1:10 Mark 1:15 ↩
27. Ephesians 1:10 Eph 3:15; Phil 2:9f; Col 1:16, 20 ↩
28. Ephesians 1:10 Lit upon ↩
29. Ephesians 1:11 Lit In whom also ↩
30. Ephesians 1:11 Deut 4:20; Eph 1:14; Titus 2:14 ↩
31. Ephesians 1:11 Eph 1:5 ↩
32. Ephesians 1:11 Rom 8:28f; Eph 3:11 ↩
33. Ephesians 1:11 Rom 9:11; Heb 6:17 ↩
34. Ephesians 1:12 I.e., Jewish believers ↩
35. Ephesians 1:12 I.e., Messiah ↩
36. Ephesians 1:12 Eph 1:6, 14 ↩
37. Ephesians 1:13 Lit whom ↩
38. Ephesians 1:13 I.e., Gentile believers ↩
39. Ephesians 1:13 Eph 4:21; Col 1:5 ↩
40. Ephesians 1:13 Or believed in Him, you were sealed ↩
41. Ephesians 1:13 Eph 4:30 ↩
42. Ephesians 1:13 Lit whom ↩
43. Ephesians 1:13 Acts 2:33 ↩
44. Ephesians 1:14 2 Cor 1:22 ↩
45. Ephesians 1:14 Acts 20:32 ↩
46. Ephesians 1:14 Eph 1:7 ↩
47. Ephesians 1:14 Eph 1:11 ↩
48. Ephesians 1:14 Eph 1:6, 12 ↩
49. Ephesians 1:15 Col 1:4; Philem 5 ↩
50. Ephesians 1:15 Three early mss do not contain your love ↩
51. Ephesians 1:15 Eph 1:1; 3:18 ↩
52. Ephesians 1:15 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
53. Ephesians 1:16 Rom 1:8f; Col 1:9 ↩
54. Ephesians 1:16 Rom 1:9 ↩
55. Ephesians 1:17 John 20:17; Rom 15:6 ↩
56. Ephesians 1:17 Acts 7:2; 1 Cor 2:8 ↩
57. Ephesians 1:17 Col 1:9 ↩
58. Ephesians 1:17 1 Cor 14:6 ↩
59. Ephesians 1:17 Or true knowledge ↩
60. Ephesians 1:18 Acts 26:18; 2 Cor 4:6; Heb 6:4 ↩
61. Ephesians 1:18 Lit having been ↩
62. Ephesians 1:18 Eph 4:4 ↩
63. Ephesians 1:18 Rom 11:29 ↩
64. Ephesians 1:18 Eph 1:7 ↩
65. Ephesians 1:18 Eph 1:11 ↩
66. Ephesians 1:18 Col 1:12 ↩
67. Ephesians 1:18 See note 2 v 15 ↩
68. Ephesians 1:19 Lit surpassing ↩
69. Ephesians 1:19 Eph 3:7; Col 1:29 ↩
70. Ephesians 1:19 Eph 6:10 ↩
71. Ephesians 1:20 Acts 2:24 ↩
72. Ephesians 1:20 Mark 16:19 ↩
73. Ephesians 1:20 Eph 1:3 ↩
74. Ephesians 1:21 Matt 28:18; Col 1:16 ↩
75. Ephesians 1:21 Phil 2:9; Rev 19:12 ↩
76. Ephesians 1:21 Matt 12:32 ↩
77. Ephesians 1:22 Ps 8:6; 1 Cor 15:27 ↩
78. Ephesians 1:22 1 Cor 11:3; Eph 4:15; Col 1:18 ↩
79. Ephesians 1:23 1 Cor 12:27; Eph 4:12; Col 1:18, 24 ↩
80. Ephesians 1:23 John 1:16; Eph 3:19 ↩
81. Ephesians 1:23 Eph 4:10 ↩
82. Ephesians 1:23 Col 3:11 ↩

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