
15 That is why I always remember you in my prayers and thank God for you. I have always done this since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God’s people.
Ephesians 1:15
16 I don’t stop praising you and remembering in prayer!
Ephesians 1:16
17 I always pray to the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father. I pray that he will give you the Spirit which makes you wise and gives you knowledge of himself, of which he has made you known.
Ephesians 1:17
18 I pray God to give you understanding in your hearts. Then you will know the hope that we have been chosen to have. You will know that the blessings that God promised to give to his people are immeasurable and glorious.
Ephesians 1:18
19 And you will know that the power of God is very great for our believers.
Ephesians 1:19
20 This is the same great power that God used to raise Christ from the dead. God seated Christ at his right hand in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 1:20
21 God made Christ more important than all other rulers, authorities, powers, and kings. Christ is more powerful than anything that has power in this world or in the world to come.
Ephesians 1:21
22 God has put all things in subjection under Christ. And God has made him head over all things in the church.
Ephesians 1:22
23 The church is the body of Christ. The church is full of Christ. He makes everything perfect in every way.
Ephesians 1:23
