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, apostol Kristusa Jezusa po volji Božji, svetim, ki so v Efezu, in vernim v Kristusu Jezusu:

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

²Milost vam in mir od Boga Očeta našega in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa!

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;

³Hvaljen bodi Bog in Oče Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa, ki nas je blagoslovil z vsakim blagoslovom duhovnim v nebesih v Kristusu;

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;

⁴kakor nas je izvolil v njem pred ustanovitvijo sveta, da bodimo sveti in brezmadežni pred obličjem njegovim v ljubezni,

⁵having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

⁵odmenivši nas naprej za sinovstvo po Jezusu Kristusu za sebe, kakor je ugajalo volji njegovi,

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

⁶v hvalo slave milosti svoje, s katero nas je pomilostil v svojem Ljubljencu.

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

⁷V katerem imamo odrešenje po krvi njegovi, odpuščenje grehov, po bogastvu milosti njegove,

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

⁸katere nam je preobilo podelil v vsej modrosti in razumnosti,

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

⁹razodevši nam skrivnost volje svoje po blagovoljnem sklepu svojem, ki ga je sklenil v sebi

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;

¹⁰za uravnavo izpolnitve časov, da vse zedini pod eno glavo v Kristusu, kar je na nebesih in kar je na zemlji, v njem,

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 katerem smo tudi dobili delež kot naprej odmenjeni po sklepu njega, ki vse dela po ukrepu volje svoje,

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

¹²da bodimo v hvalo slave njegove, ki smo prej stavili upanje v Kristusa.

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 katerem ste tudi vi, ko ste slišali besedo resnice, evangelij zveličanja svojega, v katerem ste tudi, sprejemši vero, bili zapečateni s svetim Duhom obljube,

¹⁴who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

¹⁴ki je zastava dediščine naše, v odrešitev lastnine božje, v hvalo slave njegove.

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,

¹⁵Zatorej se tudi jaz, ko sem zvedel za vero, ki je pri vas v Gospoda Jezusa, in za ljubezen do vseh svetih,

¹⁶don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

¹⁶zahvaljujem neprestano za vas, spojminjajoč se vas v molitvah svojih,

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;

¹⁷da vam dá Bog Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa, Oče slave, duha modrosti in razodetja v spoznanju njegovem,

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,

¹⁸razsvetljene oči srca vašega, da veste, kakšno je upanje poklica njegovega in kakšno bogastvo slave dediščine njegove v svetih,

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

¹⁹in kakšna presilna velikost moči njegove do nas verujočih po delovanju silne moči njegove,

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,

²⁰ki jo je pokazal v Kristusu, zbudivši ga izmed mrtvih in posadivši ga na desnico svojo v nebesih,

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 vsako poglavarstvo in oblast in moč in gospostvo, in nad vsako ime, ki se imenuje ne samo na tem svetu, ampak tudi v prihodnjem;

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

²²in vse je položil pod noge njegove in njega je dal kot glavo nad vsem cerkvi,ki je telo njegovo, izpolnitev njega, ki vse v vsem izpolnjuje.

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

²³ki je telo njegovo, izpolnitev njega, ki vse v vsem izpolnjuje.