<t /><p class="bodytext">From Paul,<n id="1" /> an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus],<n id="2" /> the faithful<n id="3" /> in Christ Jesus.

Grace and peace to you<n id="1" /> from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!p>

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

<t /><p class="bodytext">For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus<n id="1" /> for the sake of you Gentiles &#8211;

This was according to<n id="1" /> the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

<p class="bodytext">Peace to the brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

He did this by predestining<n id="1" /> us to adoption as his<n id="2" /> sons<n id="3" /> through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure<n id="4" /> of his will &#8211;

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.<n id="1" />

because you have been built<n id="1" /> on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,<n id="2" /> with Christ Jesus himself as<n id="3" /> the cornerstone.<n id="4" />

namely, that through the gospel<n id="1" /> the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members<n id="2" /> of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other<n id="1" /> in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Blessed<n id="1" /> is<n id="2" /> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed<n id="3" /> us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

<t /><p class="bodytext">For this reason,<n id="1" /> because I<n id="2" /> have heard<n id="3" /> of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love<n id="4" /> for all the saints,

I pray that<n id="1" /> the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,<n id="2" /> may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation<n id="3" /> in your growing knowledge of him,<n id="4" />

to demonstrate in the coming ages<n id="1" /> the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward<n id="2" /> us in Christ Jesus.

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.<n id="1" />p>

to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.p>