Efesus 1:2

1:2 Grace and peace to you ¹  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Efesus 1:12

1:12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope ²  on Christ, ³  would be to the praise of his glory.

Efesus 2:20

2:20 because you have been built ⁴  on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, ⁵  with Christ Jesus himself as ⁶  the cornerstone. ⁷ 

Efesus 3:1

Paul's Relationship to the Divine Mystery

3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus ⁸  for the sake of you Gentiles –

Efesus 3:11

3:11 This was according to ⁹  the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Efesus 3:17

3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

Efesus 3:19

3:19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to ¹⁰  all the fullness of God.

Efesus 3:21

3:21 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Efesus 4:7

4:7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Efesus 4:12

4:12 to equip ¹¹  the saints for the work of ministry, that is, ¹²  to build up the body of Christ,

Efesus 5:20

5:20 always giving thanks to God the Father for each other ¹³  in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Efesus 5:24-25

5:24 But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 5:25 Husbands, love your ¹⁴  wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Efesus 5:32

5:32 This mystery is great – but I am actually ¹⁵  speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

Efesus 6:23-24

6:23 Peace to the brothers and sisters, ¹⁶  and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 6:24 Grace be ¹⁷  with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. ¹⁸ 

[1:2]  ¹ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

[1:12]  ² tn Or “who had already hoped.”

[1:12]  ³ tn Or “the Messiah.”

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “having been built.”

[2:20]  ⁵ sn Apostles and prophets. Because the prophets appear after the mention of the apostles and because they are linked together in 3:5 as recipients of revelation about the church, they are to be regarded not as Old Testament prophets, but as New Testament prophets.

[2:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “while Christ Jesus himself is” or “Christ Jesus himself being.”

[2:20]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps “capstone” (NAB). The meaning of ἀκρογωνιαῖος (akrogwniaio") is greatly debated. The meaning “capstone” is proposed by J. Jeremias (TDNT 1:792), but the most important text for this meaning (T. Sol. 22:7-23:4) is late and possibly not even an appropriate parallel. The only place ἀκρογωνιαῖος is used in the LXX is Isa 28:16, and there it clearly refers to a cornerstone that is part of a foundation. Furthermore, the imagery in this context has the building growing off the cornerstone upward, whereas if Christ were the capstone, he would not assume his position until the building was finished, which vv. 21-22 argue against.

[3:1]  ⁸ tc Several early and important witnesses, chiefly of the Western text (א* D* F G [365]), lack ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou, “Jesus”) here, while most Alexandrian and Byzantine mss (Ì⁴⁶ א¹ A B [C] D¹ Ψ 33 1739 [1881] Ï lat sy bo) have the word. However, because of the Western text’s proclivities to add or delete to the text, seemingly at whim, serious doubts should be attached to the shorter reading. It is strengthened, however, by א’s support. Nevertheless, since both א and D were corrected with the addition of ᾿Ιησοῦ, their testimony might be questioned. Further, in uncial script the nomina sacra here could have led to missing a word by way of homoioteleuton (cMuiMu). At the same time, in light of the rarity of scribal omission of nomina sacra (see TCGNT 582, n. 1), a decision for inclusion of the word here must be tentative. NA²⁷ rightly places ᾿Ιησοῦ in brackets.

[3:11]  ⁹ tn Grk “according to.” The verse is a prepositional phrase subordinate to v. 10.

[3:19]  ¹⁰ tn Or “with.”

[4:12]  ¹¹ tn On the translation of πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων (pro" ton katartismon twn Jagiwn) as “to equip the saints” see BDAG 526 s.v. καταρτισμός. In this case the genitive is taken as objective and the direct object of the verbal idea implied in καταρτισμός (katartismo").

[4:12]  ¹² tn The εἰς (eis) clause is taken as epexegetical to the previous εἰς clause, namely, εἰς ἔργον διακονίας (ei" ergon diakonia").

[5:20]  ¹³ tn Grk “for all.” The form “all” can be either neuter or masculine.

[5:25]  ¹⁴ tn The Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[5:32]  ¹⁵ tn The term “actually” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied in the English translation to bring out the heightened sense of the statement.

[6:23]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

[6:24]  ¹⁷ tn Or “is.”

[6:24]  ¹⁸ tc Most witnesses (א² D Ψ Ï it sy) have ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”) at the end of the letter. Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. The earliest and best witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א* A B F G 0278 6 33 81 1175 1241 1739* 1881 sa) lack the particle, giving firm evidence that Ephesians did not originally conclude with ἀμήν.

[6:24]  tn Grk “without corruption.” The term “love” is not found at the end of the sentence, but is supplied to clarify the sense in English. The term “undying” which modifies it captures the sense of the kind of love the author is referring to here. He is saying that God’s grace will be with those whose love for Jesus never ceases.