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

¹So A 33 81 cop^sa,bo arm vg. But p⁴⁶ℵ*B* 1739 almost alone omit at Ephesus

1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 Blessed be ²the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:

²Or, God and the Father See Ro 15:6 margin.

1:4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before ³him:

³Or, him in love: having foreordained us

1:5 having in love foreordained us unto the ⁴placement as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

⁴See marginal note on Ga 4:5.

1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, ⁵which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

⁵Or, wherewith he endued us

1:7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
1:8 ⁶which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

⁶Or, wherewith he abounded

1:9 making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
1:10 unto a ⁷stewardship of the fulness of the ⁸times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things ⁹in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say,

⁷Or, dispensation
⁸Gk. seasons,
⁹Gk. upon

1:11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the ¹⁰purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

¹⁰Or, plan or, declaration Also in ch. 3:11; Ro 8:28, 9:11; 2Tm 1:9, 3:10.

1:12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who ¹¹had before hoped in Christ:

¹¹Or, have

1:13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the ¹²gospel of your salvation, – in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit ¹³of promise,

¹²Gk. good tidings See marginal note on Mt 4:23.
¹³Or, of the promise covenant,

1:14 ¹⁴which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

¹⁴So p⁴⁶BA 1739 81 1175. ℵ 33 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg read who

1:15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is ¹⁵among you, and¹⁶ which ye show toward all the saints,

¹⁵Or, in
¹⁶So p⁴⁶ℵ*BA 1739 33. ((81)) (D*) and most lesser Gk. mss., arm vg add the love Compare Col 1:4.

1:16 cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
1:17 that 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;
1:18 having the eyes of ¹⁷your 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,

¹⁷So ℵA 81 and the majority of mss., cop^sa,bo,fay vg. But p⁴⁶B 1739 33 1175 arm read the heart

1:19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the power of his strength
1:20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
1:21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this ¹⁸age, but also in that which is to come:

¹⁸Or, world,

1:22 and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
1:23 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
[Eph 2]
2:1 And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
2:2 wherein ye once walked according to the ¹⁹course of this world, according to the prince of the ²⁰powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

¹⁹Gk. age
²⁰Gk. authority

2:3 among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the ²¹mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: –

²¹Gk. thoughts,

2:4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
2:5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together ²²with Christ (²³by grace have ye been saved),

²²So ℵA 1739 81 1175 most, vg. p⁴⁶B 33 cop ^sa,bo arm read in Christ
²³So p⁴⁶ℵBA 1739 33 81 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg. 256 cop^sa,(bo) arm read for by grace G reads not by grace

2:6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus:
2:7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:
2:8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
2:9 not of works, that no man should glory.
2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
2:11 Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;
2:12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
2:14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,
2:15 having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace;
2:16 and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
2:17 and he hath come and ²⁴preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

²⁴Gk. brought good tidings of peace. Comp. Mt 11:5.

2:18 for through him we both have our access in one spirit unto the Father.
2:19 So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
2:20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
2:21 in whom ²⁵each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy ²⁶temple in the Lord;

²⁵Or, all the building Gk. every building
²⁶Or, sanctuary

2:22 in whom ye also are builded together ²⁷for a habitation of God in the spirit.

²⁷Gk. into

[Eph 3]
3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles, –
3:2 if so be that ye have heard of the ²⁸stewardship of that grace of God which was given me for you;

²⁸Or, dispensation And in vs. 9.

3:3 how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,
3:4 whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
3:5 which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
3:6 to wit, that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the ²⁹gospel,

²⁹Gk. good tidings, See Mt 4:23 margin.

3:7 whereof I became a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
3:8 Unto me, who am ³⁰less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to ³¹preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

³⁰Gk. the leaster of all saints, See footnote in Marshall’s diaglott.
³¹Gk. bring good tidings unto the Gentiles of the etc. Cf. ch. 2:17.

3:9 and to ³²make all men see what is the stewardship of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

³²So p⁴⁶BC 33 81 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa,bo arm vg. ℵ*A 1739 1881 read bring to light what is the stewardship (or, dispensation)

3:10 to the intent that now unto the principalities and the ³³powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

³³Gk. authorities

3:11 according to the ³⁴purpose of the ages which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

³⁴Or, eternal purpose which he made etc. or, plan of the ages which he planned

3:12 in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through ³⁵our faith in him.

³⁵Or, the faith of him.

3:13 Wherefore I ask that ³⁶ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which ³⁷are ³⁸your glory.

³⁶Or, I may not
³⁷Or, is
³⁸So ℵBA 1175 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa,bo arm vg. p⁴⁶C 1739 33 81 read our glory.

3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the ³⁹Father,

³⁹So p⁴⁶ℵ*BCA 1739 33 81 cop^sa,bo. 1881 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm vg read Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

3:15 from whom every ⁴⁰family in heaven and on earth is named,

⁴⁰Gk. fatherhood

3:16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
3:18 may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth, and length and height and depth,
3:19 and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, ⁴¹that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

⁴¹So ℵCA 1739 (81) and most Gk. mss., cop^bo arm vg. p⁴⁶B (33) 1175 cop^sa almost alone read that all the fulness of God might be fulfilled.

3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
3:21 unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto ⁴²all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

⁴²Gk. all the generations of the age of the ages.

[Eph 4]
4:1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
4:2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
4:3 giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;
4:5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and ⁴³in all.

⁴³So p⁴⁶ℵBCA 1739 33 81 cop^sa,bo. 1175 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read in you all.

4:7 But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
4:8 Wherefore he saith, ⁴⁴When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, ⁴⁵He gave gifts unto men.

⁴⁴Ps 68:18.
⁴⁵So p⁴⁶ℵ*A 33 cop^sa,bo vg. BC* 1739 81 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm read And he

4:9 (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also ⁴⁶descended into the lower parts of the earth?

⁴⁶So p⁴⁶ℵ*C*A I^vid 1739 33 81 cop^bo. B and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm vg read descended first

4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended far above the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
4:11 And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
4:12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering unto the building up of the body of Christ:
4:13 till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
4:14 that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
4:15 but ⁴⁷speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

⁴⁷Or, dealing truly

4:16 from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together ⁴⁸through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in due measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

⁴⁸Gk. through every joint of the supply,

4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,
4:18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;
4:19 who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, ⁴⁹to work all uncleanness with ⁵⁰greediness.

⁴⁹Or, to make a trade of
⁵⁰Or, covetousness. Compare ch. 5:3; Col 3:5.

4:20 But ye did not so learn Christ;
4:21 if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
4:22 that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
4:23 and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
4:24 and put on the new man, ⁵¹that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

⁵¹Or, that is after God, created etc.

4:25 Wherefore, putting away ⁵²falsehood, ⁵³speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

⁵²Gk. the lie,
⁵³Zec 8:16.

4:26 ⁵⁴Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your ⁵⁵wrath:

⁵⁴Ps 4:4.
⁵⁵Gk. provocation:

4:27 neither give place to the devil.
4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his ⁵⁶own hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

⁵⁶So ℵ*A 81 and several others, (cop^bo) arm. p^46,49vidB vg read his hands

4:29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for ⁵⁷edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

⁵⁷Gk. the building up of the need,

4:30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed unto a day of redemption.
4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
4:32 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave ⁵⁸you.

⁵⁸So p⁴⁶ℵA 81 cop^sa,bo. But p⁴⁹B 1739 33 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm vg read us.

[Eph 5]
5:1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
5:2 and walk in love, even as Christ also ⁵⁹loved us, and gave himself up ⁶⁰for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

⁵⁹So p⁴⁶ 1739 33 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm vg. But ℵ*BA 81 cop^sa,bo read loved you,
⁶⁰B 1175 cop^sa,bo almost alone read for you,

5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
5:4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.
5:5 For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolator, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
5:6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them;
5:8 for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
5:9 (for the fruit of the ⁶¹light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

⁶¹So p⁴⁹ℵBA 1739 33 81 1175 cop^sa,bo arm vg. p⁴⁶ 0150 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read Spirit

5:10 proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
5:11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even ⁶²reprove them;

⁶²Or, convict Similarly in vs. 13.

5:12 for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.
5:13 But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.
5:14 Wherefore he saith, ⁶³Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

⁶³Is 60:1?. Compare 1Tm 3:16.

5:15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
5:16 ⁶⁴redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

⁶⁴Gk. buying up the opportunity,

5:17 Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
5:18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled ⁶⁵with the Spirit;

⁶⁵Or, in spirit;

5:19 speaking ⁶⁶one to another in psalms and hymns and ⁶⁷spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

⁶⁶Or, to yourselves
⁶⁷p⁴⁶B almost alone omit spiritual

5:20 giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to ⁶⁸God, even the Father;

⁶⁸Gk. the God and Father;

5:21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
5:22 ⁶⁹Let the wives submit themselves unto their own husbands, as unto the Lord.

⁶⁹So ℵA I 1739 33 81 (cop) arm vg. p⁴⁶B alone read Wives submitting themselves unto D and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read Wives, submit yourselves unto

5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself saviour of the body.
5:24 But as the church is subject to Christ, ⁷⁰so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

⁷⁰Or, so are the wives also

5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
5:26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the ⁷¹washing of water with the word,

⁷¹Gk. laver of water

5:27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
5:28 Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
5:29 for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;
5:30 because we are members of his ⁷²body.

⁷²So p⁴⁶ℵ*BA 048 1739* 33 81 cop^sa,bo. 1175 D and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read body, of his flesh and of his bones.

5:31 ⁷³For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

⁷³Ge 2:24.

5:32 This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.
5:33 Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she ⁷⁴respect her husband.

⁷⁴Or, fear

[Eph 6]
6:1 Children, obey your parents ⁷⁵in the Lord: for this is right.

⁷⁵So p⁴⁶ℵA 1739 33 81 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa,bo arm vg. B D*G omit in the Lord.

6:2 ⁷⁶Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

⁷⁶Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16.

6:3 that it may be well with thee, and thou ⁷⁷mayest live long on the ⁷⁸earth.

⁷⁷Or, shalt
⁷⁸Or, land.

6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
6:5 ⁷⁹Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your ⁸⁰masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

⁷⁹Gk. Bondservants
⁸⁰Gk. lords,

6:6 not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as ⁸¹servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the ⁸²heart;

⁸¹Gk. bondservants
⁸²Gk. soul;

6:7 with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:
6:8 knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
6:9 And, ye ⁸³masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

⁸³Gk. lords,

6:10 Finally, ⁸⁴have power in the Lord, and in the might of his strength.

⁸⁴Gk. be made powerful

6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
6:12 For ⁸⁵our wrestling is not against ⁸⁶flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

⁸⁵So ℵA I 1739 33 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^bo arm vg. p⁴⁶B 81 1175 D* read your
⁸⁶Gk. blood and flesh,

6:13 Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
6:14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
6:15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the ⁸⁷gospel of peace;

⁸⁷Gk. good tidings Also in vs. 19. See marginal note on Mt 4:23.

6:16 withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
6:17 And take ye the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, ⁸⁸which spirit is ⁸⁹the word of God:

⁸⁸The pronoun refers to the neuter spirit, not sword. See footnote in Marshall’s diaglott.
⁸⁹Gk. an utterance (rēma, not logos)

6:18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
6:19 and on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me ⁹⁰in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery ⁹¹of the gospel,

⁹⁰Or, in opening my mouth with boldness, to make known the mystery
⁹¹B G almost alone omit of the gospel

6:20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that ⁹²in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

⁹²So (ℵ)A I 33 81 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., (cop^sa,bo,fay) arm vg. p⁴⁶B 1739 1881 virtually alone read of it [= of the gospel]

6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
6:22 whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.
6:23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ ⁹³in incorruption.⁹⁴

⁹³Or, with a love incorruptible. Compare Ro 2:7.
⁹⁴So p⁴⁶ℵ*BA 1739* 33 81 1175 cop^sa,fay. D and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm add Amen.