¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who 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 has 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 would 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 predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

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

⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor 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 to 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

¹⁰to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

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 assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works 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 to 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 you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you 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,

¹⁴who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to 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 you have 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,

¹⁶don’t cease 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 to 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 hearts TR reads “understanding” instead of “hearts” enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are 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 is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us 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 worked 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 age, 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.

²²He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

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

²³which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

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