{"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/drb/ephesians/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T00:28:33.367Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","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 Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ: "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will: "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us in his beloved son. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace, "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Which hath superabounded in us in all wisdom and prudence, "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him, "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth, in him. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"That we may be unto the praise of his glory, we who before hoped Christ: "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"In whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth, (the gospel of your salvation;) in whom also believing, you were signed with the holy Spirit of promise, "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of acquisition, unto the praise of his glory. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Wherefore I also, hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love towards all the saints, "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers, "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge of him: "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who believe according to the operation of the might of his power, "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead, and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Above all principality, and power, and virtue, 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 hath subjected all things under his feet, and hath made him head over all the church, "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Which is his body, and the fulness of him who is filled all in all. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Ephesians 1 (DRB)","markdown":"[Ephesians 1](https://primebible.com/drb/ephesians/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/ephesians/1 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}