Ephesians 1

English Standard Version

Greeting

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle of Christ Jesus ^(B)by the will of God,

To the saints who are in Ephesus, and ^(C)are faithful^[a] in Christ Jesus:

²^(D)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

³^(E)Blessed be ^(F)the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing ^(G)in the heavenly places, ⁴^(H)even as he ^(I)chose us in him ^(J)before the foundation of the world, that we should be ^(K)holy and blameless before him. In love ⁵^(L)he predestined us^[b] for ^(M)adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, ^(N)according to the purpose of his will, ⁶^(O)to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in ^(P)the Beloved. ⁷^(Q)In him we have ^(R)redemption ^(S)through his blood, ^(T)the forgiveness of our trespasses, ^(U)according to the riches of his grace, ⁸which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight ⁹^(V)making known^[c] to us the mystery of his will, ^(W)according to his purpose, which he ^(X)set forth in Christ ¹⁰as a plan for ^(Y)the fullness of time, ^(Z)to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

¹¹In him we have obtained ^(AA)an inheritance, ^(AB)having been predestined ^(AC)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to ^(AD)the counsel of his will, ¹²so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be ^(AE)to the praise of his glory. ¹³In him you also, when you heard ^(AF)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, ^(AG)were sealed with the ^(AH)promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴who is ^(AI)the guarantee^[d] of our ^(AJ)inheritance until ^(AK)we acquire ^(AL)possession of it,^[e] ^(AM)to the praise of his glory.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

¹⁵For this reason, ^(AN)because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love^[f] toward all the saints, ¹⁶I ^(AO)do not cease to give thanks for you, ^(AP)remembering you in my prayers, ¹⁷that ^(AQ)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ^(AR)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, ¹⁸^(AS)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is ^(AT)the hope to which he has called you, what are ^(AU)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, ^(AV)according to the working of ^(AW)his great might ²⁰that he worked in Christ ^(AX)when he raised him from the dead and ^(AY)seated him at his right hand ^(AZ)in the heavenly places, ²¹^(BA)far above ^(BB)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above ^(BC)every name that is named, not only in ^(BD)this age but also in the one to come. ²²And ^(BE)he put all things under his feet and gave him as ^(BF)head over all things to the church, ²³^(BG)which is his body, ^(BH)the fullness of him ^(BI)who fills ^(BJ)all in all.

Footnotes

Ephesians 1:1 Some manuscripts saints who are also faithful (omitting in Ephesus)
Ephesians 1:5 Or before him in love, ⁵having predestined us
Ephesians 1:9 Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known…
Ephesians 1:14 Or down payment
Ephesians 1:14 Or until God redeems his possession
Ephesians 1:15 Some manuscripts omit your love

Psalm 148

English Standard Version

Praise the Name of the Lord

148 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord ^(B)from the heavens;
praise him ^(C)in the heights!
²Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his ^(D)hosts!

³Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
⁴Praise him, you ^(E)highest heavens,
and you ^(F)waters above the heavens!

⁵^(G)Let them praise the name of the Lord!
For ^(H)he commanded and they were created.
⁶And he ^(I)established them forever and ever;
he gave ^(J)a decree, and it shall not ^(K)pass away.^[a]

⁷Praise the Lord ^(L)from the earth,
you ^(M)great sea creatures and all deeps,
⁸^(N)fire and hail, ^(O)snow and mist,
^(P)stormy wind ^(Q)fulfilling his word!

⁹^(R)Mountains and all hills,
^(S)fruit trees and all ^(T)cedars!
¹⁰^(U)Beasts and all livestock,
creeping things and ^(V)flying birds!

¹¹Kings of the earth and ^(W)all peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!
¹²Young men and maidens together,
old men and children!

¹³^(X)Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for ^(Y)his name alone is exalted;
    ^(Z)his majesty is above earth and heaven.
¹⁴He has ^(AA)raised up a horn for his people,
    ^(AB)praise for all his saints,
    for the people of Israel who are ^(AC)near to him.
^(AD)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 148:6 Or it shall not be transgressed

Job 27-28

English Standard Version

Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity

27 And Job again ^(A)took up his discourse, and said:

²“As God lives, who has ^(B)taken away my right,
    and the Almighty, who has ^(C)made my soul bitter,
³as long as my breath is in me,
    and ^(D)the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
⁴my lips will not speak ^(E)falsehood,
    and my tongue will not utter ^(F)deceit.
⁵Far be it from me to say that you are right;
    till I die I will not put away my ^(G)integrity from me.
⁶I ^(H)hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
    my heart does not ^(I)reproach me for any of my days.

⁷“Let my enemy be as the wicked,
    and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
⁸^(J)For what is the hope of the godless ^(K)when God cuts him off,
    when God takes away his life?
⁹^(L)Will God hear his cry
    when distress comes upon him?
¹⁰Will he ^(M)take delight in the Almighty?
    Will he call upon God at all times?
¹¹I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
    ^(N)what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
¹²Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
    why then have you become altogether vain?

¹³^(O)“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
    and the heritage that ^(P)oppressors receive from the Almighty:
¹⁴If his ^(Q)children are multiplied, it is for ^(R)the sword,
    and his descendants have not enough bread.
¹⁵Those who survive him the pestilence buries,
    and his ^(S)widows do not weep.
¹⁶Though he ^(T)heap up silver like dust,
    and pile up clothing like clay,
¹⁷he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
    and ^(U)the innocent will divide the silver.
¹⁸He builds his ^(V)house like a moth's,
    like ^(W)a booth that ^(X)a watchman makes.
¹⁹He goes to bed rich, but will ^(Y)do so no more;
    he opens his eyes, and ^(Z)his wealth is gone.
²⁰^(AA)Terrors overtake him like ^(AB)a flood;
    in the night a whirlwind ^(AC)carries him off.
²¹^(AD)The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
    it ^(AE)sweeps him out of his place.
²²It^[a] hurls at him ^(AF)without pity;
    he flees from its^[b] power in headlong flight.
²³It ^(AG)claps its hands at him
    and ^(AH)hisses at him from its place.

Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom?

28 “Surely there is a mine for silver,
    and a place for gold that they ^(AI)refine.
²Iron is taken out of the earth,
    and copper is smelted from the ore.
³Man puts an end to darkness
    and searches out to the farthest limit
    the ore in ^(AJ)gloom and ^(AK)deep darkness.
⁴He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives;
    they are forgotten by travelers;
    they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.
⁵As for the earth, ^(AL)out of it comes bread,
    but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
⁶Its stones are the place of ^(AM)sapphires,^[c]
    and it has dust of gold.

⁷“That path no bird of prey knows,
and the falcon's eye has not seen it.
⁸^(AN)The proud beasts have not trodden it;
^(AO)the lion has not passed over it.

⁹“Man puts his hand to ^(AP)the flinty rock
    and overturns mountains by the roots.
¹⁰He cuts out channels in the rocks,
    and his eye sees every precious thing.
¹¹He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle,
    and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.

¹²^(AQ)“But where shall wisdom be found?
    And where is the place of understanding?
¹³Man does not know its worth,
    and it is not found in ^(AR)the land of the living.
¹⁴^(AS)The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’
    and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
¹⁵It ^(AT)cannot be bought for gold,
    and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
¹⁶It cannot be valued in ^(AU)the gold of ^(AV)Ophir,
    in precious ^(AW)onyx or ^(AX)sapphire.
¹⁷Gold and glass cannot equal it,
    nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
¹⁸No mention shall be made of ^(AY)coral or of crystal;
    the price of wisdom is above ^(AZ)^(BA)pearls.
¹⁹^(BB)The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
    nor can it be valued in pure gold.

²⁰“From where, then, does wisdom come?
    And where is the place of understanding?
²¹It is hidden from the eyes of ^(BC)all living
    and concealed from the birds of the air.
²²^(BD)Abaddon and Death say,
    ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’

²³^(BE)“God understands the way to it,
    and he knows its place.
²⁴For he ^(BF)looks to the ends of the earth
    and sees everything under the heavens.
²⁵When he ^(BG)gave to the wind its weight
    and apportioned the waters by measure,
²⁶when he made a decree for the rain
    and ^(BH)a way for the lightning of the thunder,
²⁷then he saw it and declared it;
    he established it, and searched it out.
²⁸And he said to man,
‘Behold, ^(BI)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
    and to ^(BJ)turn away from evil is understanding.’”