CHAPTER 1

Saints foreordained to receive the gospel—Gospel to be restored in latter-days—Saints sealed by Holy Spirit of Promise—They know God and Christ by revelation.

1 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the asaints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all aspiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath achosen us in him bbefore the foundation of the world, that we should be choly and without blame before him in love:

5 Having apredestinated• us unto the badoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7 In whom we have aredemption through his blood, the bforgiveness of sins, according to the criches of his dgrace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all awisdom and bprudence;

9 Having made known unto us the amystery• of his bwill, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

10 That in the adispensation of the fulness of times he might bgather together in one call things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

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

12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who afirst• trusted in Christ.

13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the agospel• of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were bsealed with that holy Spirit of cpromise,

14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your afaith• in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of awisdom and brevelation in the knowledge of him:

18 The eyes of your aunderstanding being benlightened•; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the criches of the glory of his dinheritance in the saints,

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his apower• to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he araised• him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the bheavenly• places,

21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every aname• that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

22 And hath put aall things under his bfeet•, and gave him to be the chead over all things to the dchurch,

23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

CHAPTER 2

We are saved by grace through faith—Blood of Christ saves Jew and Gentile alike—Church is built upon foundation of apostles and prophets.

1 AND you hath he quickened, who were adead• in trespasses and sins;

2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this aworld, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of bdisobedience•:

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

4 But God, who is rich in amercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath aquickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding ariches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

8 For by agrace• are ye bsaved through cfaith; and that not of yourselves: it is the dgift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should aboast.

10 For we are his aworkmanship•, created in Christ Jesus unto good bworks, which God hath before ordained that we should cwalk in them.

11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called aUncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and astrangers from the bcovenants of promise, having no chope•, and dwithout• God in the world:

13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

14 For he is our apeace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle bwall of partition between us;

15 Having aabolished• in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in bordinances; for to make in himself of twain one cnew man, so making peace;

16 And that he might areconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

19 Now therefore ye are no more astrangers and foreigners, but bfellowcitizens with the csaints, and of the dhousehold of God;

20 And are built upon the foundation of the aapostles and bprophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief ccorner stone;

21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

CHAPTER 3

Gentiles are fellowheirs with Israel—The love of Christ passeth all understanding.

1 FOR this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

2 If ye have heard of the adispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

3 How that by revelation he made aknown• unto me the mystery; (as I bwrote afore in few words,

4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the amystery• of Christ)

5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now arevealed unto his holy apostles and bprophets by the Spirit;

6 That the aGentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this agrace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable briches of Christ;

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the amystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who bcreated all things by cJesus Christ:

10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

11 According to the eternal apurpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the aFather of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 Of whom the whole afamily in heaven and earth is named,

16 That he would grant you, according to the ariches of his glory, to be bstrengthened• with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being arooted• and bgrounded• in love,

18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19 And to know the alove of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, aworld• without end. Amen.

CHAPTER 4

There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism—Apostles and prophets essential to the Church—Saints exhorted to live righteously—They are sealed unto the day of redemption.

1 I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk aworthy of the bvocation• wherewith ye are called,

2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, aforbearing one another in love;

3 Endeavouring to keep the aunity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 There is one abody, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one afaith•, one bbaptism,

6 One God and aFather• of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

7 But unto every one of us is given agrace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8 Wherefore he saith, When he aascended• up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He that descended is the same also that aascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

11 And he agave some, bapostles; and some, cprophets; and some, devangelists•; and some, epastors and fteachers;

12 For the aperfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the bedifying of the body of Christ:

13 Till we all come in the aunity• of the faith, and of the bknowledge of the Son of God, unto a cperfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14 That we henceforth be no more achildren•, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of bdoctrine•, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15 But speaking the atruth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the bhead•, even Christ:

16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other aGentiles• walk, in the bvanity of their cmind,

18 Having the aunderstanding• darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the bignorance that is in them, because of the cblindness• of their dheart:

19 Who being apast• bfeeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

20 But ye have not so learned Christ;

21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

22 That ye aput• off concerning the former conversation the bold• man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful clusts;

23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

24 And that ye put on the anew man, which after God is created in brighteousness and true holiness.

25 Wherefore putting away alying, speak every man btruth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

26 aBe• ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your bwrath:

27 Neither give place to the adevil•.

28 Let him that stole asteal no more: but rather let him blabour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to cgive• to him that needeth.

29 Let no corrupt acommunication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

30 And agrieve• not the holy bSpirit of God, whereby ye are csealed unto the day of redemption.

31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and aanger, and clamour, and bevil cspeaking, be put away from you, with all dmalice:

32 And be ye akind one to another, tenderhearted, bforgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

CHAPTER 5

Saints exhorted to avoid uncleanness and walk uprightly—Husbands and wives should love each other.

1 BE ye therefore afollowers• of God, as dear children;

2 And awalk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an boffering• and a csacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling dsavour•.

3 But afornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh bsaints;

4 Neither afilthiness, nor bfoolish ctalking•, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

5 For this ye know, that no awhoremonger, nor bunclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any cinheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Let no man adeceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the bwrath of God upon the children of cdisobedience.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as achildren of blight•:

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all agoodness and righteousness and truth;)

10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

11 And have no afellowship• with the unfruitful works of bdarkness, but rather creprove them.

12 For it is a ashame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee alight.

15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17 Wherefore be ye not aunwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

18 And be not adrunk with wine, wherein is bexcess; but be filled with the Spirit;

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and ahymns and spiritual songs, singing and making bmelody• in your heart to the Lord;

20 Giving athanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

21 aSubmitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

22 aWives, bsubmit• yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the ahusband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the bhead of the cchurch: and he is the saviour of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

25 aHusbands, blove your cwives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

26 That he might asanctify and bcleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his awife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet ahated his own bflesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

30 For we are amembers• of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be aone flesh.

32 This is a great amystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the awife see that she breverence her husband.

CHAPTER 6

Children should honor their parents—Servants and masters judged by the same law—Saints should put on the whole armor of God.

1 aCHILDREN, bobey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

2 aHonour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

4 And, ye afathers, bprovoke not your cchildren to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

5 aServants•, be obedient to them that are your bmasters• according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the aservants• of Christ, doing the bwill of God from the heart;

7 With good will doing aservice, as to the Lord, and not to men:

8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he areceive• of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

9 And, ye amasters•, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your bMaster also is in heaven; neither is there crespect• of persons with him.

10 Finally, my brethren, be astrong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

11 Put on the whole aarmour• of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we awrestle• not bagainst cflesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the drulers• of the edarkness of this world, against spiritual fwickedness in high places.

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having your loins agirt• about with btruth, and having on the cbreastplate• of drighteousness;

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of apeace;

16 Above all, taking the shield of afaith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery bdarts• of the wicked.

17 And take the helmet of asalvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

18 aPraying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all bperseverance and supplication for all saints;

19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the amystery of the gospel,

20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak aboldly•, as I ought to speak.

21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, aTychicus•, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.

23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in asincerity. Amen.