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Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus
by the will of God,
to the saints that are at Ephesus,
and the faithful in Christ Jesus.
2 Grace and peace to you from God
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.
4 For he chose us in him before
the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before
him in love.
5 He decided ahead of time to
adopt us as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of
his will,
6 to the praise of the glory of
his grace, which he freely granted to us in the Beloved.
7 In him we have our redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches
of his grace,
8 that he lavished on us along
with all wisdom and prudence.
9 He did this when he made known
to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he set
forth in Christ,
10 as a plan for the fullness of
the time, to unite all things in Christ, everything in heaven and on earth.
11 In him also we obtained an
inheritance, being chosen beforehand according to the purpose of him who works
all things according to the counsel of his will.
12 To the end that we who had
before hoped in Christ, should live for the praise of his glory.
13 In him you also, when you heard
the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, also believed. You were marked with a seal, the promised
Holy Spirit,
14 who is the down payment of our
inheritance, until our redemption, as God's own people, to the praise of his
glory.
15 For this reason,
I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all
the saints,
16 do not cease to give thanks for
you, praying for you continually.
17 I ask that the God of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of him.
18 I pray that the eyes of your
heart may be enlightened, that you may know the hope to which he has called you,
what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the incomparable
greatness of his power toward us who believe.
This working of his tremendous strength
20 which he exercised in Christ,
when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the
heavenly places,
21 far above every ruler and
authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this
world, but also in the one to come.
22 He put all things in subjection
under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is his body, the fullness
of him that fills all in all.
DASV:
Ephesians 2
1 You were dead through your transgressions
and sins,
2 in which you once walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience,
3 among whom we also all once
lived in the passion of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and mind,
and were by nature children under God’s wrath, just like the rest.
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because
of his great love by which he loved us,
5 even when we were dead in our transgressions,
made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved.
6 He raised us up with him, and seated
us with him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus,
7 that in the ages to come he
might display the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ
Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God,
9 not by works, so that no one can
boast.
10 For we are his work of art,
created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance that we
should walk in them.
11 For that
reason remember, that once you Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcised”
by those who are called “Circumcision,” in the flesh, made by human hands,
12 were at that time without
Christ, alienated from the citzenship of Israel, and strangers from the
covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who
once were far off are brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who made
both groups into one, and broke down the dividing wall of hostility,
15 having abolished in his flesh,
the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself from
the two one new man, thus making
peace,
16 to reconcile them both in one
body to God through the cross, having thereby slain the hostility.
17 He came and preached peace to
you who were far off, and peace to those who were near,
18 for through him we both have
access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 So then you are no more
strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of
the household of God.
20 You are built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief
cornerstone.
21 In whom the whole building is
joined together becoming a holy temple in the Lord.
22 In whom also you are built together
into a dwelling of God by the Spirit.
DASV:
Ephesians 3
1 For this reason I, Paul, am a
prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles, --
2 assuming that you have heard of
the special commission of God’s grace that was given to me for you;
3 how the mystery was made known
to me by revelation, as I wrote before briefly.
4 When you read this, you will
gain understanding into the mystery of Christ.
5 It was not made known in other
generations to human beings, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles
and prophets in the Spirit.
6 This mystery, is that the
Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers
of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
7 I was made a minister of this gospel,
according to the gift of God’s grace which was given me according to the
working of his power.
8 To me, who is less than the
least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the
unsearchable riches of Christ,
9 and to make everyone see the plan
of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things.
10 The intent was that now it might
be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God to rulers and
powers in the heavenly places.
11 This was according to the
eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
12 in whom we have boldness and confident
access through our faith in him.
13 Therefore I ask that you may not
lose heart at my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
14 For this
cause I kneel before the Father,
15 from whom every family in heaven
and on earth is named.
16 I pray he would grant you,
according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power
through his Spirit in the inward man,
17 that Christ may dwell in your
hearts through faith, so that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be strong to comprehend with all the
saints what the breadth and length and height and depth is,
19 and to know the love of Christ
which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of
God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do vastly
more than all we can ask or think, according to the power that works in
us,
21 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations
forever and ever. Amen.
DASV:
Ephesians 4
1 I, therefore, a prisoner for the
Lord, implore you to walk worthily of the calling you have received,
2 with all humility and gentleness,
with patience, bearing with one another in love.
3 Make every effort to keep the
unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of
your calling,
5 one Lord, one faith, one
baptism,
6 one God and Father of all, who
is over all, and through all, and in all.
7 But grace was given to each one
of us according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
8 This is why it says, “When he
ascended on high, he led a crowd of captives, and gave gifts to men.”
9 Note how it said this: “He
ascended.” What does it mean except he also descended into the lower parts of
the earth?
10 He who descended is the same
also who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
11 He gave some to be apostles, and some to be prophets, and
some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints,
for the work of service, to build up the body of Christ,
13 until we all attain the unity of
the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a mature person measuring
up to the stature of the fullness of Christ,
14 so that we may no longer be
children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by
the human trickery, in craftiness, after their deceitful scams.
15 But speaking truth in love, we
will grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ.
16 From him all the body, perfectly
joined and held together by every joint with each one doing its part, making
the body grow as it builds itself up in love.
17 So I say this,
and insist in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the Gentiles, in the futility
of their mind.
18 They are darkened in their
understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is
in them, because of the hardening of their heart.
19 They are callous giving
themselves up to sensuality, to do every kind of uncleanness with
greediness.
20 This is not the way you learned
about Christ,
21 assuming that you heard about him,
and were taught in him, just as truth is in Jesus.
22 Put away, your former manner of
life, the old self, which grew in corruption and deception by its lusts.
23 Be renewed in the spirit of your
mind.
24 Put on the new self, which was
created in God’s image in true righteousness and holiness.
25 Therefore, putting away
falsehood, tell the truth to your neighbor, for we are members one of
another.
26 Be angry yet do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your wrath.
27 Do not give an opportunity to
the devil.
28 Let those who stole steal no
more, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands so that he
may have something to give to the one who has need.
29 Let no corrupt speech come out
of your mouth, but only what is good for building up the one in need, that it
may give grace to those who hear.
30 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of
God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, wrath,
anger, quarreling, and slander, be put away from you, along with all malice.
32 Instead be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also forgave you in
Christ.
DASV: Ephesians
5
1 Therefore, be imitators of God,
as beloved children,
2 and walk in love, just as Christ
also loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and a sacrifice
to God.
3 But let there be no sexual
immorality, impurity, or greed among you, as these are not appropriate for saints.
4 Neither should there be any
foolish talk or crude jesting, which are not proper but rather giving
thanks.
5 Be sure of this, that no one who
is sexually immoral, or impure, or greedy--who is an idolater--has any
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Let no one deceive you with
empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons
of disobedience.
7 Therefore do not participate
with them.
8 For you were once darkness, but
are now light in the Lord. Walk as
children of light--
9 for the fruit of the light is found
in all goodness, righteousness and truth.
10 Try to find out what is pleasing
to the Lord.
11 Have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
12 For the things which they do in
secret are shameful even to speak of.
13 But all things when they are exposed
by the light, are made visible.
14 Therefore it is said, “Awake, you who are sleeping, and
arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 Look, be careful how you walk,
not as unwise, but as wise.
16 Make the most of the time,
because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but
understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 Do not get drunk with wine, for
that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
19 speaking to one another in
psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your heart to
the Lord,
20 always giving thanks to God the
Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
21 submitting yourselves to each
other out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the
Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of
the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church. He himself is the savior of the body.
24 As the church submits to Christ,
so let wives also submit to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ loved the church, and gave himself up for it,
26 that he might sanctify it,
having cleansed it by the washing of water by the word,
27 that he might present the church
to himself as glorious, not having a stain, wrinkle or any blemish, but that it
should be holy and without blame.
28 Even so husbands also ought to
love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves
himself.
29 For no one ever hated his own
flesh, but feeds and takes care of it, even as Christ also does for the church,
30 because we are members of his
body.
31 For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become
one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery, but I am
talking about Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless, each one of you
should love his wife as himself, and let the
wife respect her husband.
DASV:
Ephesians 6
1 Children, obey your parents in
the Lord, for this is right.
2 “Honor your father and mother”--which
is the first commandment with promise--
3 “that it may be well with you,
and you may live long on the earth.”
4 Fathers, do not provoke your
children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the
Lord.
5 Servants, obey your human masters,
with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would serve Christ.
6 Not just when they are looking,
as people pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the
heart.
7 Do your service enthusiastically,
as to the Lord, and not just to humans.
8 You know that whatever good each
one does, he will receive in return the same from the Lord, whether he is a
slave or free.
9 Masters, do the same for your
servants. Stop threatening, knowing that
he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with
him.
10 Finally, be
strong in the Lord, and in his mighty strength.
11 Put on the full armor of God,
that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
12 For our fight is not against
flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against powers, against rulers
of this darkness, against spiritual powers of wickedness in the heavenly
places.
13 Therefore take up the full armor
of God, that you may be able to stand your ground in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having the belt
of truth around your waist, putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shoes on your feet
with the preparation of the good news of peace.
16 In addition, pick up the shield
of faith, by which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery arrows of the
evil one.
17 Take also the helmet of
salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 With every prayer and
supplication, pray at all times in the Spirit, and be alert with all
perseverance and requests for all the saints.
19 Pray on my behalf, that a
message may be given to me when I open my mouth, that I may make known with confidence
the mystery of the gospel,
20 for which I am an ambassador in
chains. Pray that I may speak boldly, as
I ought to speak.
21 Tychicus,
the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will tell you everything
so that you may know how I am doing.
22
I sent him to you for this very reason, that you may know our situation,
and that he may encourage your hearts.
23 Peace be to the brothers, and
love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Grace be with all those who love
our Lord Jesus Christ with undying love.