THE Entire Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians;
based on The King James Bible of 1611.
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Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians
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Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians
Ch. 1 Eph.
1:1 Paul, an apostle of
Jesus Christ
by the will of God,
to the saints which are
at Ephesus,
and to the faithful,
in Christ Jesus:
1:2 Grace be to you, and peace,
from God our Father,
and from the Lord,
Jesus Christ.
1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us with all
spiritual blessings,
in heavenly places,
in Christ;
1:4 according as he hath chosen us,
in him, before the foundation
of the world,
that we should be holy, and
without blame before him,
in love:
1:5 Having predestinated us unto
the adoption of children,
by Jesus Christ, to himself,
according to the good pleasure of
his will,
1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted
in the beloved.
1:7 In whom we have redemption,
through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of
his grace;
1:8 wherein he hath
abounded toward us,
in all wisdom and prudence;
1:9 having made known unto us the
mystery of his will, according to his
good pleasure, which he hath
purposed in himself:
1:10 that, in the dispensation of the
fullness of times, he might gather
together, in one, all things, in Christ,
both which are in heaven, and which
are on earth; even in him:
1:11 In whom also we have
obtained an inheritance,
being predestinated,
according to the purpose of
him who worketh all things,
after the counsel of
his own will:
1:12 that we should be, to the
praise of his glory,
who first, trusted in Christ.
1:13 In whom ye also trusted,
after that ye heard the
word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation:
In whom also,
after that ye believed,
ye were sealed with that
Holy Spirit of promise,
1:14 which is the earnest of our
inheritance,
until the redemption of the
purchased possession,
unto the praise of his glory.
1:15 Wherefore I also,
after I heard of your
faith in the Lord Jesus,
and love unto all the saints,
1:16 cease not 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 unto you the spirit
of wisdom,
and revelation in the
knowledge of him:
1:18 The eyes of your understanding,
being enlightened;
that ye may know what is the
hope of his calling,
and what the riches of
the glory of his
inheritance, in the saints,
1:19 and what is the exceeding
greatness of his power, to
us-ward who believe,
according to the working of
his mighty power,
1:20 which he wrought in Christ,
when he raised him from
the dead, and
set him at his own right hand,
in the heavenly places,
1:21 far above all principality and
power, and might,
and dominion, and
every name that is named,
not only in this world,
but also in that
which is to come:
1:22 And hath put all things under
his feet,
and gave him to be the head
over all things, to the church,
1:23 which is his body,
the fullness of him,
that filleth all, in all.
Ch. 2 Eph.
2:1 And you hath he quickened,
who were dead in trespasses
and sins;
2:2 wherein in time past,
ye walked according to the
course of this world,
according to the prince of the
power of the air,
the spirit that now worketh in
the children of disobedience:
2:3 Among whom also,
we all had our conversation
in times past,
in the lusts of our flesh,
fulfilling the desires of the
flesh, and of the mind;
and were, by nature, the
children of wrath, even as others.
2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy,
for his great love wherewith he
loved us,
2:5 even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with
Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
2:6 and hath
raised us up together,
and made us sit together in
heavenly places,
in Christ Jesus;
2:7 that in the ages to come,
he might shew the exceeding
riches of his grace,
in his kindness toward us,
through Christ Jesus.
2:8 For by grace are ye saved,
through faith; and that, not of
yourselves:
It is the gift of God:
2:9 Not of works,
lest any man should boast.
2:10 For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto
good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should
walk in them.
2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye
being in time past,
Gentiles in the flesh,
who are called Un-circumcision by
that which is called the Circumcision,
in the flesh, made by hands;
2:12 that at that time,
ye were without Christ,
being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel,
and strangers from the
covenants of promise,
having no hope, and
without God, in the world:
2:13 But now in Christ Jesus,
ye who sometimes were far off,
are made nigh by the blood of
Christ.
2:14 For he is our peace, who hath
made both one, and hath broken
down the middle wall of
partition between us;
2:15 having abolished in his flesh,
the enmity,
even the law of commandments
contained in ordinances;
for to make in himself, of twain,
one new man, so making peace;
2:16 and, that he might
reconcile both unto God,
in one body, by the cross,
having slain the enmity thereby:
2:17 and came, and preached peace to
you which were afar off,
and to them that were nigh.
2:18 For through him,
we both have access,
by one Spirit, unto the Father.
2:19 Now therefore, ye are no more
strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints,
and of the household of God;
2:20 and are built upon the
foundation of the
apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself,
being the chief corner stone;
2:21 in whom all the building,
fitly framed together,
groweth unto an holy temple,
in the Lord:
2:22 In whom ye also are
builded together,
for an habitation of God,
through the Spirit.
Ch. 3 Eph.
3:1 For this cause,
I, Paul, the prisoner of
Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
3:2 if ye have heard of the
dispensation of the
grace of God, which is
given me to you-ward:
3:3 How that by revelation,
he made known unto me
the mystery;
(as I wrote afore in
few words,
3:4 whereby, when ye read,
ye may understand my
knowledge in the mystery
of Christ).
3:5 which, in other ages,
was not made known unto
the sons of men, as it
is now revealed unto his
holy apostles and prophets,
by the Spirit;
3:6 that the Gentiles,
should be fellow heirs,
and of the same body,
and partakers of his
promise in Christ,
by the gospel:
3:7 Whereof, I was made a minister,
according to the gift of the
grace of God,
given unto me by the
effectual working of his power.
3:8 Unto me,
who am less than the
least of all saints,
is this grace given,
that I should preach among
the Gentiles,
the un-searchable riches of
Christ;
3:9 and to make all men see,
what is the fellowship of the mystery,
which from the beginning of the world,
hath been hid in God,
who created all things by Jesus Christ:
3:10 to the intent, that now,
unto the principalities and
powers, in heavenly places,
might be known, by the
church, the manifold wisdom of God,
3:11 according to the eternal purpose,
which he purposed in
Christ Jesus, our Lord:
3:12 In whom we have boldness,
and access with confidence,
by the faith of him.
3:13 Wherefore, I desire that ye
faint not at my tribulations for you,
which is your glory.
3:14 For this cause,
I bow my knees unto the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
3:15 of whom the whole family,
in heaven and earth, is named,
3:16 that he would grant you,
according to the riches of his glory,
to be strengthened with might,
by his Spirit, in the inner man;
3:17 that Christ may dwell in
your hearts, by faith;
that ye, being
rooted, and grounded in love,
3:18 may be able to comprehend,
with all saints,
what is the breadth, and
length, and depth, and height;
3:19 and to know the
love of Christ,
which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled with all the
fullness of God.
3:20 Now, unto him that is able to do
exceeding abundantly above all that
we ask or think,
according to the power that
worketh in us,
3:21 unto him be glory in the church,
by Christ Jesus,
throughout all ages,
world without end. Amen.
Ch. 4 Eph.
4:1 I therefore,
the prisoner of the Lord,
beseech you,
that ye walk worthy of the
vocation wherewith ye
are called,
4:2 with all lowliness and meekness,
with longsuffering,
forbearing one another in love;
4:3 endeavoring to keep the
unity of the Spirit,
in the bond of peace.
4:4 There is one body,
and one Spirit,
even as ye are 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 above all,
and through all,
and in you all.
4:7 But unto every one of us is given
grace,
according to the measure of the
gift of Christ.
4:8 Wherefore he saith,
when he ascended up on high,
he led captivity captive,
and gave gifts, unto men.
4:9 (Now that he ascended,
what is it, but that he also
descended first,
into the lower parts of the earth?
4:10 He that descended, is the same
also that ascended up
far above all heavens,
that he might fill, all things.)
4:11 And he gave some, apostles;
and some, prophets;
and some, evangelists; and
some, pastors and teachers;
4:12 for the perfecting of the saints,
for the work of the ministry,
for the edifying of the body
of Christ;
4:13 till we all come,
in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the
Son of God,
unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature,
of the fullness of Christ:
4:14 That we henceforth, be no
more children, tossed, to and fro,
and carried about with every wind of
doctrine,
by the sleight of men, and
cunning craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
4:15 but speaking the truth, in love,
may grow up into him in all things,
which is the head, even Christ:
4:16 from whom the whole body,
fitly joined together,
and compacted by
that which every joint supplieth,
according to the effectual working in
the measure of every part,
maketh increase of the body,
unto the edifying of itself, in love.
4:17 This I say therefore,
and testify in the Lord, that ye
henceforth walk not, as
other Gentiles walk,
in the vanity of their mind,
4:18 having the understanding darkened,
being alienated from the life of God
through the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart:
4:19 Who, being past feeling,
have given themselves over unto
lasciviousness,
to work all uncleanness with
greediness.
4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
4:21 If so be, that ye have heard him,
and have been taught by him,
as the truth is in Jesus:
4:22 that ye put off concerning the
former conversation
the old man,
which is corrupt,
according to the deceitful lusts;
4:23 and be renewed,
in the spirit of your mind;
4:24 and that ye put on the new man,
which after God is created in
righteousness, and true holiness.
4:25 Wherefore, putting away lying,
speak every man truth with his
neighbor:
For we are members, one of another.
4:26 Be ye angry and sin not:
Let not the sun go down upon
your wrath:
4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
4:28 Let him that stole,
steal no more:
But rather let him labor,
working with his hands
the thing which is good,
that he may have to give
to him that needeth.
4:29 Let no corrupt communication
proceed out of your mouth,
but that which is good,
to the use of edifying,
that it may minister grace, unto
the hearers.
4:30 And grieve not the
holy Spirit of God,
whereby ye are sealed
unto the day of redemption.
4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
anger, and clamor, and evil speaking,
be put away from you,
with all malice:
4:32 And be ye kind one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God, for Christ's sake,
hath forgiven you.
Ch. 5 Eph.
5:1 Be ye, therefore,
followers of God,
as dear children;
5:2 and walk in love,
as Christ also hath loved us,
and hath given himself for us,
an offering, and a sacrifice,
to God, for a sweet smelling
savor.
5:3 But fornication, and all
uncleanness, or covetousness,
let it not be once named among
you, as becometh saints;
5:4 neither filthiness,
nor foolish talking, nor jesting,
which are not convenient:
But rather, giving of thanks.
5:5 For this ye know, that no
whoremonger, nor unclean person,
nor covetous man, who is an idolater,
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and of God.
5:6 Let no man deceive you with
vain words:
For because of these things
cometh the wrath of God upon
the children of disobedience.
5:7 Be not ye, therefore,
partakers with them.
5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness,
but now are ye 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 acceptable,
unto the Lord.
5:11 And have no fellowship, with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but,
rather, reprove them.
5:12 For it is a shame even to
speak of those things which are
done of them in secret.
5:13 But all things that are reproved,
are made manifest by the light:
For whatsoever doth make manifest,
is light.
5:14 Wherefore, he saith,
awake thou that sleepest,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ shall give thee light.
5:15 See then that ye walk
circumspectly,
not as fools, but as wise,
5:16 redeeming the time, because the
days are evil.
5:17 Wherefore, be ye not unwise,
but understanding what the
will of the Lord is.
5:18 And be not drunk with wine,
wherein is excess;
but be filled with the Spirit;
5:19 speaking to yourselves in
psalms, and hymns,
and spiritual songs,
singing, and making
melody in your heart
to the Lord;
5:20 giving thanks always,
for all things unto God, and the
Father, in the name of our
Lord, Jesus Christ;
5:21 submitting yourselves,
one to another,
in the fear of God.
5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your
own husbands, as unto the Lord.
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the
head of the church:
and he is the savior of the body.
5:24 Therefore, as the church is subject unto
Christ, so let the wives be to their
own husbands in every thing.
5:25 Husbands,
love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it;
5:26 that he might
sanctify and cleanse it, with the
washing of water, by the word,
5:27 that he might present it to
himself,
a glorious church, not having
spot or wrinkle, or any such thing;
but that it should be holy,
and without blemish.
5:28 So ought men to love their
wives as their own bodies.
He that loveth his wife,
loveth himself.
5:29 For no man, ever yet, hated his
own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as the
Lord the church:
5:30 For we are members of his body,
of his flesh, and of his bones.
5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his
father and mother,
and shall be joined unto his wife,
and they two shall be one flesh.
5:32 This is a great mystery:
But I speak concerning Christ,
and the church.
5:33 Nevertheless,
let every one of you in particular,
so love his wife, even as himself;
and the wife,
see that she reverence her
husband.
Ch. 6 Eph.
6:1 Children, obey your parents,
in the Lord:
For this is right.
6:2 Honor thy father and mother;
which is the first commandment
with promise;
6:3 that it may be well with thee,
and thou mayest live
long on the earth.
6:4 And ye, fathers, provoke not your
children to wrath:
But bring them up in the
nurture, and admonition of the Lord.
6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that
are your masters according to
the flesh, with fear, and trembling,
in singleness of your heart, as unto
Christ;
6:6 not with eye service,
as men pleasers;
but as the
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 whatsoever good thing
any man doeth,
the same shall he receive of the Lord,
whether he be bond, or free.
6:9 And ye masters, do the
same things unto them,
forbearing threatening;
knowing that your Master,
also, is in heaven.
Neither is there respect of
persons with him.
6:10 Finally, my brethren,
be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of his might.
6:11 Put on the whole armor of God,
that ye may be able to
stand against the
wiles of the devil.
6:12 For we wrestle not, against
flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the
darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness,
in high places.
6:13 Wherefore, take unto you the
whole armor of God,
that ye may be able to withstand
in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand.
6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins
girt about with truth,
and having on the breastplate of
righteousness;
6:15 And your feet,
shod with the preparation of
the gospel of peace;
6:16 Above all, taking the shield of
faith, wherewith ye shall be able
to quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked.
6:17 And take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God:
6:18 praying always,
with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit,
and watching thereunto,
with all perseverance
and supplication,
for all saints;
6:19 and for me,
that utterance may be given
unto me, that I may
open my mouth boldly,
to make known the
mystery of the gospel,
6:20 for which I am an ambassador,
in bonds:
that therein, I may speak
boldly, as I ought to speak.
6:21 But that ye also may know my
affairs, and how I do,
Tychicus, a beloved brother and
faithful minister in the Lord,
shall make known to you all things:
6:22 Whom I have sent unto you for the
same purpose, that ye might
know our affairs, and that he
might comfort your hearts.
6:23 Peace be to the brethren,
and love,
with faith from God the Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
6:24 Grace be with all them that
love our Lord Jesus Christ in
sincerity. Amen.