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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ephesians 1 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ephesians/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//ephesians/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</a> > Ephesians 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../galatians/6.htm" title="Galatians 6">◄</a> Ephesians 1 <a href="../ephesians/2.htm" title="Ephesians 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/ephesians/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Greeting to the Ephesians<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../acts/19.htm#8">Acts 19:8–12</a>; <a href ="../revelation/2.htm">Revelation 2:1–7</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, <p class="reg"> To the saints in Ephesus,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> the faithful in Christ Jesus: <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. <A name="4"></a><p class="hdg">Spiritual Blessings<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../romans/8.htm#28">Romans 8:28–34</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Spiritual Wisdom<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_corinthians/2.htm#6">1 Corinthians 2:6–16</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I ask that the eyes of your heart<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Some manuscripts do not include <i>in Ephesus</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> TR <i>the eyes of your understanding</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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