And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.

to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Now this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.

Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved! –

Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.”

But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ – the things in heaven and the things on earth.

To me – less than the least of all the saints – this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.