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Paul's
Letter
To the Ephesians
Ephesians 1
Paul's Greeting
1
Paul, by God's will an apostle of Jesus Christ, to God's holy people who are in Ephesus, and to those who are
faithful in
Christ Jesus:
2
Gracious favor and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
God's Eternal Purpose in Salvation
3
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in
Christ:
4 Even as he chose us in him before
the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without fault
before him in love:5 Having preplanned for us to become
his Sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of his glorious
favor, which he graciously bestowed upon us in the Beloved;
7
In
him we have forgiveness sins, through the ransom which was fully paid
with his blood, according to the richness of his gracious favor;
8 Which he caused to superabound towards
us in all wisdom and understanding,
9 Having made known to us the secret
plan of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed
within
himself:
10 That in the administration of the
fullness of times, he might bring everything
together
in Christ, both
the things in the heavens and the things on the earth.
11
In whom we also
have obtained
an inheritance, which was prepared according to the purpose of him who
works everything out according to the counsel of his own will:
12 That we who first put our confidence in Christ
should be to the praise of his glory.
13 In whom you also placed your
confidence,
after you heard the word of truth, the Good News of your salvation: in whom, when you believed,
you were also sealed with the
promised
Holy Spirit,
14 Who is the down payment on our
inheritance, until the full redemption of the purchased possession, to the
praise of his glory.
Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom and Knowledge
15
Because of this, I also, after hearing of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and
your love toward all of his holy people,
16
Do not cease giving thanks for you, remembering you and making mention of
you in my prayers;
17
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
The eyes of your
understanding
being enlightened; that
you may know what is the expectation of his calling, and what are the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in his holy people,
19
And what is the surpassing magnitude of his power in us who believe,
according to the active working of his mighty power,
20
Which he demonstrated in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set
him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21
Far above all chief rulers, and authority, and power, and dominion, and
every name, not only in this age, but also in the one to come:
22
And he has placed everything under his feet, and he has given
him to be the head over everything and everyone in the congregation,
23
Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Ephesians 2
Ephesians 4
Walk in Unity
1
I therefore, the
prisoner for the Lord, urge to you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which
you have been called,
2
With all humility
and gentleness, with long patience, putting up with one another in love;
3
Endeavoring
to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4
There is
one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called to one expectation of hope when you
were called;
5
One
Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6
One God
and Father of everyone, who is above everyone, and living through
everyone, and in everyone of you.
Use Spiritual Gifts for the Body
7
And this gracious favor is given to every one of us according to the measure
of Christ's gift.
8
Therefore he said,
“He
went up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.”
9
(Now this,
“He
went up,"
what does it
mean?
It means that he also first went down into the lower parts of the
earth.
10
He who
went down is also he who went up far above all the heavens, so that he might
fill everything).
11
And he
indeed gave some as apostles; and some as prophets; and some as evangelists;
and some as shepherds and teachers;
12
To
completely equip
his holy people for the work of service,
for the building up of the body of Christ:
13
Until we
all reach the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of God's Son, to a
mature man, to the measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ;
14
That
we may no longer be simple minded infants, tossed back and forth by
the waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the cunning
craftiness of people in their deceitful schemes.
15
But rather being
genuine
in our love, may grow up to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
16
From
whom the whole body building itself up in love, is closely joined together and held together by that
love which every ligament supplies, according to the proportionate
work of each individual part, causes the body to grow.
Walk as a New Person in Christ
17
Therefore I say this, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer
walk like the rest of the nations walk, in the emptiness of their
mind,
18
Having
the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the
ignorance that is in them, because of the callousness of their heart:
19
Who having thrown away
their conscience, have given themselves over to unrestrained sexual desire,
committing all kinds uncleanness in their perverted desires.
[Literally,
licentiousness.]
20
But
that is not the way of life you learned
from Christ;
21
If
you have indeed obediently listened to him, and have been taught by him,
even as the truth is in Jesus:
22
That
concerning your former behavior, you are to put away the old person, which has been corrupted according to its deceitful desires,
23
And to
be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24
And you
are to put on the new person, who was created in the likeness of God, in
righteousness, holiness, and truth.
25
Therefore putting away
falsehood,
“Let everyone speak the truth to their
neighbor,”
because we are members
of one another.
26
Don't sin when you
become angry. Don’t still be angry when the sun sets;
27
Don't
give the devil
an opportunity.
[Literally, a
place.]
28
The
one who used to steal, must no longer steal, but rather let them work hard,
doing that which is good with their hands, in order that they may have
something to share with someone who has a need.
29
Don't let any
corrupt word come out of your mouth, rather only that which is good for
building up others, as the need may require; that it may give gracious favor
to those who are listening.
30
And
don't make God's Holy Spirit sad, by whom you were sealed for the day of
full redemption:
31
Remove
all bitterness, and rage, and anger, and yelling, and evil speaking, along
with everything else that is bad from your life;
32
Rather
be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in
Christ also forgave you.
Ephesians 5
Walk in love as Christ Loved Us
1
Therefore be imitators of God, as dear children;
2
And walk in love, just
as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us,
as an
offering and a sacrifice with a sweet smelling fragrance to God.
3
But
sexual immorality and all impurity or greed, let it not even be named among
you, as something fitting for holy ones;
4
Neither
obscenity, nor foolish talking, nor obscene jokes, which are not fitting:
but rather giving thanks.
5
For this you know with
certainty, that
everyone who is sexually promiscuous, or impure, or greedy (is an idolater),
has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6
Don't let anyone
deceive you with empty words; for because of these things God's
anger
is coming upon
the sons of disbelief.
7
Therefore don't be partners with them.
Walk as Children of Light
8
For you
were once children of darkness, but now you are Children of
Light in the Lord: walk like Children of Light:
9
Because
the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;
10
Determining what is fully agreeable with the Lord.
11
But have
no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, instead prove them
to be wrong.
12
Because it's disgraceful to even
speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
13
But all
of these things being revealed by the light are shown to be wrong: because
everything is revealed by Light.
14
Therefore he says,
“You who are sleeping, wake up!
And rise from among
the dead, and Christ will give you light!"
15
See then
that you walk carefully, not as unwise people, but as wise,
16
Buying back
the time, because the days are evil.
Be Filled with the Spirit
17
Therefore don't be foolish, instead understand the Lord's will.
18
And
don't get intoxicated with wine, which isn't safe; instead be filled with the
Spirit;
19
Speaking
to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making
melody in your heart to the Lord;
20
Always giving
God the Father thanks for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Instructions for Wives and Husbands
21
Put
yourselves beneath one another in the fear of God:
22
Wives,
put yourselves beneath your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23
Because the husband
is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the
congregation: and he's the savior of the body.
24
Therefore as the congregation is beneath Christ, so let wives be toward their own
husbands in everything.
25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the congregation, and
gave himself for her;
26
That he
might make her holy, having cleansed her with the washing of water
by the Word:
27
So that he
might present her to himself as a glorious congregation, having no stain, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but rather that she might be holy and
unblemished.
28
So too
husbands are 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 nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord
also does the congregation:
30
For we
are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31
“For this reason a man is to leave his father and mother and be
GLUED to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
32
This is
a great mystery: but I am speaking concerning Christ and concerning the congregation.
33
Nevertheless, each
and everyone of you, must love his wife as himself; and the
wife must see that she respects her husband.
Ephesians 6
Children and Parents
1
Children, listen obediently to
your parents in the Lord: because this is right.
2
“Honor your
father and mother;”
because this is the first commandment with a promise;
3
“That it may be well with you, and you may
live long on the earth.”
4
Also
fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; rather, raise them in
the training and
instruction of the Lord.
Servants and Masters @
5
Servants, listen obediently to those who are your masters according to the
flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
6
Not
only working hard while being watched, like people pleasers; but as
Christ's servants, doing God's will from the heart;
7
Work
with enthusiasm, as if you were working for the Lord, and not for
people:
8
Knowing
that whatever good each person does, this they will receive from the
Lord, whether slave or free.
9
And
masters, do the same towards them; give up
threatening, knowing
that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality
with him.
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