| 1 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are also faithful in Christ Jesus: |
| 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 in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, |
| 4 | even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. |
| 5 | He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, |
| 6 | to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. |
| 7 | In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace |
| 8 | which he lavished upon us. |
| 9 | For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ |
| 10 | as a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. |
| 11 | In him, according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will, |
| 12 | we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory. |
| 13 | In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, |
| 14 | which is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. |