1 Greeting Paul, Eph. 1:1 an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 To the saints 1 Cor. 4:17 and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Gal. 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Their Faith in Christ 1 Cor. 1:4; Eph. 1:16; Phil. 1:3 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4 Eph. 1:15 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of (Heb. 6:10) your love for all the saints;
5 because of the hope (1 Pet. 1:4) which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
6 which has come to you, Matt. 24:14 as it has also in all the world, and John 15:16 is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew Eph. 3:2 the grace of God in truth;
7 as you also learned from Col. 4:12; Philem. 23 Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is 1 Cor. 4:1, 2;2 Cor. 11:23 a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,
8 who also declared to us your Rom. 15:30 love in the Spirit.
9 Preeminence of Christ Eph. 1:15–17 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask 1 Cor. 1:5 that you may be filled with (Rom. 12:2); Eph. 5:17 the knowledge of His will Eph. 1:8 in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 Eph. 4:1; Phil. 1:27;1 Thess. 2:12 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, 1 Thess. 4:1 fully pleasing Him, Heb. 13:21 being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the 2 Pet. 3:18 knowledge of God;
11 (Eph. 3:16; 6:10) strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, Eph. 4:2 for all patience and longsuffering (Acts 5:41); 2 Cor. 8:2; (Heb. 10:34) with joy;
12 (Eph. 5:20) giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of Eph. 1:11 the inheritance of the saints in the light.
13 He has delivered us from Eph. 6:12 the power of darkness 2 Pet. 1:11 and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 Eph. 1:7 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
15 He is 2 Cor. 4:4; Heb. 1:3 the image of the invisible God, Ps. 89:27; Rev. 3:14 the firstborn over all creation.
16 For John 1:3; Heb. 1:2, 3 by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or (Eph. 1:20, 21; Col. 2:15) dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created John 1:3; Rom. 11:36;1 Cor. 8:6; Heb. 2:10 through Him and for Him.
17 (John 17:5) And He is before all things, and in Him Heb. 1:3 all things consist.
18 And 1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 1:22 He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, Rev. 1:5 the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
19 Reconciled in Christ For it pleased the Father that John 1:16 in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and Rom. 5:1; Eph. 2:14 by Him to reconcile 2 Cor. 5:18 all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, Eph. 1:10 having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, (Eph. 2:1) who once were alienated and enemies in your mind Titus 1:15 by wicked works, yet now He has 2 Cor. 5:18, 19 reconciled
22 2 Cor. 5:18; (Eph. 2:14–16) in the body of His flesh through death, (Eph. 5:27); Col. 1:28 to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—
23 if indeed you continue Eph. 3:17; Col. 2:7 in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are (John 15:6); 1 Cor. 15:58 not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, Mark 16:15; Acts 2:5; Rom. 10:18; Col. 1:6 which was preached to every creature under heaven, Acts 1:17; Eph. 3:7; Col. 1:25 of which I, Paul, became a minister.
24 Sacrificial Service for Christ 2 Cor. 7:4 I now rejoice in my sufferings Eph. 3:1, 13 for you, and fill up in my flesh (Rom. 8:17;2 Cor. 1:5; 12:15); Phil. 2:17 what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for Eph. 1:23 the sake of His body, which is the church,
25 of which I became a minister according to Gal. 2:7 the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,
26 (1 Cor. 2:7) the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, (2 Tim. 1:10) but now has been revealed to His saints.
27 2 Cor. 2:14 To them God willed to make known what are Rom. 9:23 the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is (Rom. 8:10, 11) Christ in you, 1 Tim. 1:1 the hope of glory.
28 Him we preach, Acts 20:20 warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, Eph. 5:27 that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me Eph. 3:7 mightily.