¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

¹Pavel, apoštol Ježiša Krista, vôľou Božou, svätým, ktorí sú v Efeze, a verným v Kristu Ježišovi:

²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²milosť vám a pokoj od Boha, našeho Otca, a od Pána Ježiša Krista.

³Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:

³Požehnaný Bôh a Otec našeho Pána Ježiša Krista, ktorý nás požehnal každým požehnaním duchovným v ponebeských oblastiach v Kristovi,

⁴even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

⁴tak, ako si nás v ňom vyvolil pred založením sveta, aby sme boli svätí a bezvadní pred ním, v láske,

⁵having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

⁵predurčiac nás k synovstvu skrze Ježiša Krista cieľom neho podľa ľúbosti svojej vôle

⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

⁶na chválu slávy svojej milosti, ktorou nás omilostil v tom Milovanom,

⁷in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

⁷v ktorom máme vykúpenie skrze jeho krv, odpustenie hriechov podľa bohatstva jeho milosti,

⁸which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

⁸ktorú rozhojnil oproti nám v každej múdrosti a rozumnosti

⁹making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

⁹oznámiac nám tajomstvo svojej vôle podľa svojej ľúbosti, ktorú si preduložil v sebe

¹⁰unto 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,]

¹⁰cieľom správy plnosti časov dovedna sobrať všetko v Kristovi, to, čo je na nebesiach, i to, čo je na zemi,

¹¹in 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;

¹¹v ňom, v ktorom sme sa stali aj dedičstvom Božím predurčení súc podľa preduloženia toho, ktorý pôsobí všetko podľa rady svojej vôle,

¹²to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

¹²aby sme boli na chválu jeho slávy, my, ktorí sme sa prv nadejali v Kristovi,

¹³in 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,

¹³v ktorom aj vy počujúc slovo pravdy, evanjelium svojho spasenia, v ktorom aj, uveriac, zapečatení ste Svätým Duchom zasľúbenia,

¹⁴which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

¹⁴ktorý je závdavkom nášho dedičstva na vykúpenie Božieho nadobudnutého vlastníctva, na chválu jeho slávy.

¹⁵For 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,

¹⁵Preto i ja, keď som počul o viere u vás, o viere v Pánu Ježišovi, a o láske naproti všetkým svätým,

¹⁶cease not to give thanks for you, making mention [of you] in my prayers;

¹⁶neprestávam ďakovať za vás zmieňujúc sa o vás na svojich modlitbách,

¹⁷that 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;

¹⁷žeby Bôh nášho Pána Ježiša Krista, Otec slávy, ráčil vám dať ducha múdrosti a zjavenia pravým poznaním jeho,

¹⁸having 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,

¹⁸osvietené oči vašej mysle, aby ste vedeli, čo a jaká je to nádeja jeho povolania a čo a jaké bohatstvo slávy jeho dedičstva medzi svätými

¹⁹and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

¹⁹a čo tá nesmierna veľkosť jeho moci, vzhľadom na nás veriacich podľa pôsobenia sily jeho vlády.

²⁰which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places],

²⁰ktorú spôsobil v Kristovi vzkriesiac ho z mŕtvych a posadiac po svojej pravici v ponebeských oblastiach

²¹far 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:

²¹nad každé kniežatstvo a nad každú vrchnosť a moc a nad každé panstvo a nad každé meno, ktoré sa menuje nie len v tomto veku, ale i v budúcom.

²²and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

²²A všetko poddal pod jeho nohy a jeho dal za hlavu nado všetko cirkvi,

²³which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

²³ktorá je jeho telom, plnosťou toho, ktorý si naplňuje všetko vo všetkom.