The World English Bible (WEB) : Ephesians by Anonymous
The World English Bible (WEB) : Ephesians by Anonymous
The World English Bible (WEB) : Ephesians by Anonymous
1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in
the heavenly places in Christ; 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would
be holy and without blemish before him in love; 1:5 having predestined us for adoption as children through
Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, 1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace,
by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved, 1:7 in whom we have our redemption through his
blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 1:8 which he made to abound
toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 1:9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good
pleasure which he purposed in him 1:10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in
Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him; 1:11 in whom also we were assigned an
inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel
of his will; 1:12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 1:13
in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation,--in whom, having
also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 1:14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the
redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory. 1:15 For this cause I also, having heard of the
faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints, 1:16 don't cease
to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 1:18 having the
eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of
the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 1:19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who
believe, according to that working of the strength of his might 1:20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised
him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 far above all rule, and
authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which
is to come. 1:22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the
assembly, 1:23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
2:1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, 2:2 in which you once walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit who now
works in the children of disobedience; 2:3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing
the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 2:4 But God,
being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, 2:5 even when we were dead through our
trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 2:6 and raised us up with him,
and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 2:7 that in the ages to come he might show
the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; 2:8 for by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 2:9 not of works, that no one would boast. 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we
would walk in them.
2:11 Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that
which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands); 2:12 that you were at that time separate from
Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having
no hope and without God in the world. 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near
in the blood of Christ. 2:14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of
partition, 2:15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances,
that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace; 2:16 and might reconcile them both in
3:1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles, 3:2 if it is so that you have
heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you; 3:3 how that by revelation
the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words, 3:4 by which, when you read, you can
perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ; 3:5 which in other generations was not made known to
the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; 3:6 that the
Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus
through the Good News, 3:7 of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which
was given me according to the working of his power. 3:8 To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace
given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 3:9 and to make all men see what is the
administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus
Christ; 3:10 to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to
the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places, 3:11 according to the eternal purpose which he
purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord; 3:12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith
in him. 3:13 Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
3:14 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 3:15 from whom every family in
heaven and on earth is named, 3:16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may
be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; 3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts
through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 3:18 may be strengthened to comprehend
with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 3:19 and to know Christ's love which
surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 3:20 Now to him who is able to do
exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 3:21 to him be
the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
4:1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
4:2 with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; 4:3 being eager to keep the
unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in
one hope of your calling; 4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all,
and through all, and in us all. 4:7 But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the
gift of Christ. 4:8 Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to
men."* 4:9 Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the
earth? 4:10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all
things.
4:11 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and
teachers; 4:12 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man,
to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 4:14 that we may no longer be children, tossed back and
forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of
error; 4:15 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; 4:16 from
whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the
working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
4:25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one
another. 4:26 "Be angry, and don't sin."* Don't let the sun go down on your wrath, 4:27 neither give place to the
devil. 4:28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is
good, that he may have something to give to him who has need. 4:29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of
your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
4:30 Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 4:31 Let all
bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. 4:32 And be kind to one
another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
5:1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. 5:2 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and
gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance. 5:3 But sexual
immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
5:4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
5:5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an
idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the
children of disobedience. 5:7 Therefore don't be partakers with them. 5:8 For you were once darkness, but are
now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, 5:9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and
righteousness and truth, 5:10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord. 5:11 Have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them. 5:12 For the things which are done by them in
secret, it is a shame even to speak of. 5:13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for
everything that reveals is light. 5:14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and
Christ will shine on you."
5:15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; 5:16 redeeming the time, because the
days are evil. 5:17 Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 5:18 Don't be
drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, 5:19 speaking to one another in
psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and singing praises in your heart to the Lord; 5:20 giving thanks
always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father; 5:21 subjecting
yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
5:22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, and
Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body. 5:24 But as the assembly is
subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; 5:26 that he
might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, 5:27 that he might present the
assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish. 5:28 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves
his own wife loves himself. 5:29 For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as
6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 6:2 "Honor your father and mother," which is the
first commandment with a promise: 6:3 "that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."*
6:4 You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the
Lord.
6:5 Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in
singleness of your heart, as to Christ; 6:6 not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men
pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 6:7 with good will doing service, as to
the Lord, and not to men; 6:8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again
from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.
6:9 You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their
Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.
6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that
you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 6:12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood,
but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and
against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 6:13 Therefore, put on the whole armor of
God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 6:14 Stand therefore,
having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
6:15 and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace; 6:16 above all, taking up the
shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. 6:17 And take the
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the spoken word of God; 6:18 with all prayer and
requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for
all the saints: 6:19 on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with
boldness the mystery of the Good News, 6:20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak
boldly, as I ought to speak.
6:21 But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful
servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things; 6:22 whom I have sent to you for this very purpose,
that you may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.
6:23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 6:24 Grace be
with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.
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