{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/ephesians/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:21:13.139Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Ephesians","bookSlug":"ephesians","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say, "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,-- in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which ye show toward all the saints,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"having the eyes of your 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,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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 ,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ephesians 1 (ASV)","markdown":"[Ephesians 1](https://primebible.com/asv/ephesians/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/ephesians/1 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}