# Ephesians 1

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/ephesians/1

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, to the saints who are in Ephesus and the faithful in Christ Jesus.
2. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and 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. just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world for us to be holy and blameless before him in love
5. having predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6. To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he highly favored us in the Beloved.
7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, forgiveness of offenses, according to the riches of his grace.
8. which he lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding,
9. having revealed to us the mystery of his will in keeping with his good pleasure, which he purposed in him
10. for a stewardship of the fullness of the seasons, to unite all things in Christ, both those in the heavens and those on the earth, in him.
11. In whom we also obtained an inheritance, predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.
12. that we would be for the praise of his glory, we who had hoped beforehand in Christ.
13. In whom you also heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and in whom also, when you believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
14. who is the guarantee of our inheritance for the redemption of his possession, to the praise of his glory.
15. For this reason I also, after hearing of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
16. I do not cease thanking on your behalf, remembering 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 heart having been enlightened for you to know what the hope of his calling is and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance are in the saints.
19. And what is the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength.
20. which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms
21. far above all principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the coming age.
22. And he put all things under his feet, and gave him as head over all things for the church.
23. which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all things in all.

## Nearby chapters

[Galatians 6](https://www.lumin.faith/read/galatians/6.md)
[Ephesians 2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ephesians/2.md)

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