1So A 33 81 copsa,bo arm vg. But p46ℵ*B* 1739 almost alone omit at Ephesus
1: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1: 3 Blessed be 2the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:
2Or, God and the Father See Ro 15:6 margin.
1: 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before 3him:
3Or, him in love: having foreordained us
1: 5 having in love foreordained us unto the 4placement as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
4See marginal note on Ga 4:5.
1: 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, 5which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
5Or, wherewith he endued us
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 6which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
6Or, wherewith he abounded
1: 9 making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
1: 10 unto a 7stewardship of the fulness of the 8times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things 9in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say,
7Or, dispensation
8Gk. seasons,
9Gk. upon
1: 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the 10purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
10Or, plan or, declaration Also in ch. 3:11; Ro 8:28, 9:11; 2Tm 1:9, 3:10.
1: 12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who 11had before hoped in Christ:
11Or, have
1: 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the 12gospel of your salvation, – in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit 13of promise,
12Gk. good tidings See marginal note on Mt 4:23.
13Or, of the promise covenant,
1: 14 14which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
14So p46BA 1739 81 1175. ℵ 33 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg read who
1: 15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is 15among you, and16 which ye show toward all the saints,
15Or, in
16So p46ℵ*BA 1739 33. ((81)) (D*) and most lesser Gk. mss., arm vg add the love Compare Col 1:4.
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 a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
1: 18 having the eyes of 17your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
17So ℵA 81 and the majority of mss., copsa,bo,fay vg. But p46B 1739 33 1175 arm read the heart
1: 19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the power of his strength
1: 20 which he wrought 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 18age, but also in that which is to come:
18Or, world,
1: 22 and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
1: 23 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
