Ephesians 1

Paul, an apostle of al-Masih 'Isa through the will of Allah, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in al-Masih 'Isa: ²As-Salam-u Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah[1] from Allah our Father and the Lord 'Isa al-Masih.

³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord 'Isa al-Masih, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in al-Masih; 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; ⁵having predestined us for adoption as children through 'Isa al-Masih to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, ⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favour on us in the Beloved, ⁷in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, ⁸which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, ⁹making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him ¹⁰to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in al-Masih, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him; 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; ¹²to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in al-Masih: ¹³in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Injil of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of Allah's own possession, to the praise of his glory. ¹⁵For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord 'Isa which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints, ¹⁶do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, ¹⁷that the God of our Lord 'Isa al-Masih, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; ¹⁸having the eyes of your 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, ¹⁹and what is the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might ²⁰which he worked in al-Masih, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, 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. ²²He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the ummah, ²³which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.