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¹ PAULOS, an apostle of Jeshu Meshiha by the will of Aloha, to those who are in Ephesos, saints and believers in Jeshu Meshiha:² peace be with you, and grace from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

³ Blessed be He, Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who hath blessed us with all blessings of the Spirit in heaven, in the Meshiha;⁴ as he before elected us in him, from before the foundations of the world, that we should be saints, and without blemish before him,⁵ and in love predesignated us unto himself, and constituted us children in Jeshu Meshiha, according to the pleasure of his will;⁶ that the glory of his grace might be glorified, that (grace) which he hath poured upon us by the hand of his Beloved:⁷ in whom we have redemption, and by his blood the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace⁸ which he hath made to abound in us in all wisdom and in all understanding of the Spirit;⁹ and hath made known to us the mystery of his will, which before he had determined in himself should be done:¹⁰ that in the dispensation of the fulness of the times, every thing from the first might be renovated in the Meshiha, in heaven and in earth. And by him¹¹ we have been chosen, even as he predesignated and willed, who worketh all according to the mind of his will;¹² that we who first hoped in the Meshiha, should be to the honour of his glory.¹³ In whom you also heard the word of truth, which is the gospel of your salvation; and in whom you believed and were sealed with the Spirit of Holiness who was promised;¹⁴ who is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of those who are saved, and unto the praise of his majesty.

¹⁵ ON account of this, behold, I also, since I heard of your faith in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and your love to all the saints,¹⁶ have not ceased to give thanks on your behalf, and to remember you in my prayers;¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, the Father of glory, would give to you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in his knowledge,¹⁸ and would enlighten the eyes of your hearts to know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance for the saints,¹⁹ and what is the inheritance of his power in us who believe, according to the operation of the might of his power,²⁰ which he wrought in the Meshiha, and raised him from among the dead, and set him at his right hand in heaven, above all the principalities,²¹ and powers, and mighty ones, and rulers, and above every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in (that) to come;²² and subjected every thing beneath his feet: and Him who is over all he hath given to be the head of the church,²³ which is His body, the completeness of Him who all in all completeth.