1 Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, to the saints and faithful in Christ Jesus who are at Ephesus.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and {the} Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed {be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;
4 according as he has chosen us in him before {the} world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;
5 having marked us out beforehand 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, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
7 in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;
8 which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence,
9 having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself
10 for {the} administration of the fulness of times; to head up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth; in him,
11 in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his own will,
12 that we should be to {the} praise of his glory who have pre-trusted in the Christ:
13 in whom *ye* also {have trusted}, having heard the word of the truth, the glad tidings of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 who is {the} earnest of our inheritance to the redemption of the acquired possession to {the} praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore *I* also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which {is} in you, and the love which {ye have} towards all the saints,
16 do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention {of you} at my prayers,
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you {the} spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him,
18 being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, {and} what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 and what the surpassing greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,
20 {in} which he wrought in the Christ {in} raising him from among {the} dead, and he set him down at his right hand in the heavenlies,
21 above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come;
22 and has put all things under his feet, and gave him {to be} head over all things to the assembly,
23 which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all:
1 奉 神旨意作基督耶稣使徒的保罗， 写信给住在以弗所， 在基督耶稣里忠心的圣徒。
2 愿恩惠平安从我们的父 神和主耶稣基督临到你们。
3 我们主耶稣基督的父 神是应当称颂的。他在基督里， 曾经把天上各种属灵的福分赐给我们：
4 就如创立世界以前， 他在基督里拣选了我们， 使我们因着爱， 在他面前成为圣洁， 没有瑕疵。
5 他又按着自己旨意所喜悦的， 预定我们借着耶稣基督得儿子的名分，
6 好使他恩典的荣耀得着颂赞。这恩典是他在爱子里赐给我们的。
7 我们在他爱子里， 借着他的血蒙了救赎， 过犯得到赦免， 都是按着他丰盛的恩典。
8 这恩典是他用各样的智慧和聪明， 充充足足地赐给我们的；
9 他照着自己在基督里预先安排的美意， 使我们知道他旨意的奥秘，
10 到了所计划的时机成熟， 就使天上地上的万有， 都在基督里同归于一。
11 那凭着自己旨意所计划而行万事的， 按着他预先所安排的， 预定我们在基督里得基业（"得基业"或译： "成为 神的产业"），
12 借着我们这在基督里首先有盼望的人， 使他的荣耀得着颂赞。
13 你们既然听了真理的道， 就是使你们得救的福音， 也信了基督， 就在他里面受了所应许的圣灵作为印记。
14 这圣灵是我们得基业的凭据， 直到 神的产业得赎， 使他的荣耀得着颂赞。
15 因此， 我听到你们在主耶稣里的信心， 和对众圣徒的爱心，
16 就不住地为你们献上感谢。我祷告的时候， 常常提到你们，
17 求我们主耶稣基督的 神， 荣耀的父， 赐给你们智慧和启示的灵， 使你们充分地认识他，
18 并且使你们心灵的眼睛明亮， 可以知道他的呼召有怎样的盼望； 他基业的荣耀， 在圣徒中是多么的丰盛；
19 神照着他强大的力量， 向我们信他的人显出的能力， 是何等的浩大。
20 这力量运行在基督身上， 使他从死人中复活， 并且在天上坐在自己的右边，
21 远超过一切执政的、掌权的、有能的、作主的， 和今生来世所能举出的一切名衔。
22 神又使万有都归服在他的脚下， 并且使他作教会至高的元首。
23 教会是他的身体， 是那充满万有者所完全充满的。