Parallel Bible results for "Ephesians 1:1-6"

Ephesians 1:1-6

1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2 May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has crowned us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ;

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

4 even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence.

4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love

5 For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--

5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—

6 to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.

6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

The Weymouth New Testament is in the public domain.