Greeting

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus[a] and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise to God for Spiritual Blessings

Blessed is[b] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:1 A number of the earliest and most important manuscripts omit “in Ephesus,” though it is hard to make sense of the line without this phrase (cf. rsv, “to the saints who are also faithful”)
  2. Ephesians 1:3 Or “blessed be