| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will: To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus. | 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will: To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus. |
| 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 3Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens. | 3Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ. |
| 4For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love | 4For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him. |
| 5He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will, | 5He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, |
| 6to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved. | 6to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One. |
| 7We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace | 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace |
| 8that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. | 8that he richly poured out on us with all wisdom and understanding. |
| 9He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him | 9He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ |
| 10for the administration of the days of fulfillment--to bring everything together in the Messiah, both things in heaven and things on earth in Him. | 10as a plan for the right time--to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth in him. |
| 11We have also received an inheritance in Him, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will, | 11In him we have also received an inheritance, because we were predestined according to the plan of the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of his will, |
| 12so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory. | 12so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory. |
| 13When you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed in Him, you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. | 13In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spiritwhen you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed. |
| 14He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory. | 14The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory. |
| 15This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, | 15This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, |
| 16I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. | 16I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. |
| 17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. | 17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. |
| 18I pray that the perception of your mind may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints, | 18I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, |
| 19and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His vast strength. | 19and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength. |
| 20He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens-- | 20He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens-- |
| 21far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come. | 21far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come. |
| 22And He put everything under His feet and appointed Him as head over everything for the church, | 22And he subjected everything under his feet and appointed him as head over everything for the church, |
| 23which is His body, the fullness of the One who fills all things in every way. | 23which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way. |
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