Produced by Martin Ward Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Ephesians Third Edition 1913 R. F. Weymouth Book 49 Ephesians 001:001 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus. 001:002 May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 001:003 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; 001:004 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. 001:005 For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure-- 001:006 to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One. 001:007 It is in Him, and through the shedding of His blood, that we have our deliverance--the forgiveness of our offences-- so abundant was God's grace, 001:008 the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us, 001:009 when He made known to us the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose 001:010 for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it-- the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him. 001:011 In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will, 001:012 so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ. 001:013 And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--having believed in Him--were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit; 001:014 that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory. 001:015 For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people, 001:016 offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers. 001:017 For I always beseech the God of our Lord Jesus Christ-- the Father most glorious--to give you a spirit of wisdom and penetration through an intimate knowledge of Him,