Ephesians 1 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has crowned us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ; Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
4 even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence. even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
5 For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure-- he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
6 to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One. to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
7 It is in Him, and through the shedding of His blood, that we have our deliverance--the forgiveness of our offences--so abundant was God's grace, In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
8 the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,
9 when He made known to us the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,
10 for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it--the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him. as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
11 In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will, In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
12 so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ. so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
13 And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--having believed in Him--were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit; In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
14 that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory. who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.
15 For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people, For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
16 offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers. I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
17 For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father most glorious--to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened so that you may know what is the hope which His call to you inspires, what the wealth of the glory of His inheritance in God's people, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
19 and what the transcendent greatness of His power in us believers as seen in the working of His infinite might and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength
20 when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms, that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
21 high above all other government and authority and power and dominion, and every title of sovereignty used either in this Age or in the Age to come. far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
22 God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body, And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
23 the completeness of Him who everywhere fills the universe with Himself. which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
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