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1:1
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奉神旨意，作基督耶稣使徒的保罗，写信给在以弗所的圣徒，就是在基督耶稣里有忠心的人。
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
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1:2
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愿恩惠、平安从神我们的父和主耶稣基督归与你们！
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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1:3
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愿颂赞归与我们主耶稣基督的父神！他在基督里曾赐给我们天上各样属灵的福气：
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Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:
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1:4
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就如神从创立世界以前，在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在他面前成为圣洁，无有瑕疵；
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even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
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1:5
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又因爱我们，就按着自己意旨所喜悦的，预定我们借着耶稣基督得儿子的名分，
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having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
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1:6
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使他荣耀的恩典得着称赞；这恩典是他在爱子里所赐给我们的。
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to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
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1:7
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我们藉这爱子的血得蒙救赎，过犯得以赦免，乃是照他丰富的恩典。
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in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
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1:8
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这恩典是神用诸般智慧聪明，充充足足赏给我们的；
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which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
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1:9
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都是照他自己所预定的美意，叫我们知道他旨意的奥秘，
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making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
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1:10
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要照所安排的，在日期满足的时候，使天上、地上、一切所有的都在基督里面同归于一。
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unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say,]
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1:11
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我们也在他里面得（得：或作成）了基业；这原是那位随己意行、做万事的，照着他旨意所预定的，
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in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
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1:12
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叫他的荣耀从我们这首先在基督里有盼望的人可以得着称赞。
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to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
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1:13
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你们既听见真理的道，就是那叫你们得救的福音，也信了基督，既然信他，就受了所应许的圣灵为印记。
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in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,-- in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
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1:14
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这圣灵是我们得基业的凭据（原文作质），直等到神之民（民：原文作产业）被赎，使他的荣耀得着称赞。
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which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God`s] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
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1:15
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因此，我既听见你们信从主耶稣，亲爱众圣徒，
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For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints,
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1:16
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就为你们不住的感谢神。祷告的时候，常提到你们，
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cease not to give thanks for you, making mention [of you] in my prayers;
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1:17
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求我们主耶稣基督的神，荣耀的父，将那赐人智慧和启示的灵赏给你们，使你们真知道他，
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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;
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1:18
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并且照明你们心中的眼睛，使你们知道他的恩召有何等指望，他在圣徒中得的基业有何等丰盛的荣耀；
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having the eyes of your 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,
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1:19
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并知道他向我们这信的人所显的能力是何等浩大，
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and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
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1:20
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就是照他在基督身上所运行的大能大力，使他从死里复活，叫他在天上坐在自己的右边，
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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],
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1:21
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远超过一切执政的、掌权的、有能的、主治的，和一切有名的；不但是今世的，连来世的也都超过了。
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far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
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1:22
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又将万有服在他的脚下，使他为教会作万有之首。
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and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
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1:23
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教会是他的身体，是那充满万有者所充满的。
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which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
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