Ephesians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ephesians 1 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Παύλος, απόστολος Ιησού Χριστού διά θελήματος Θεού, προς τους αγίους τους όντας εν Εφέσω και πιστούς εν Χριστώ Ιησού·
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 χάρις είη υμίν και ειρήνη από Θεού Πατρός ημών και Κυρίου Ιησού Χριστού.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Ευλογητός ο Θεός και Πατήρ του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού, ο ευλογήσας ημάς εν πάση ευλογία πνευματική εις τα επουράνια διά Χριστού,
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 καθώς εξέλεξεν ημάς δι' αυτού προ καταβολής κόσμου, διά να ήμεθα άγιοι και άμωμοι ενώπιον αυτού διά της αγάπης,
4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,
5 προορίσας ημάς εις υιοθεσίαν διά Ιησού Χριστού εις εαυτόν, κατά την ευδοκίαν του θελήματος αυτού,
5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
6 εις έπαινον της δόξης της χάριτος αυτού, με την οποίαν εχαρίτωσεν ημάς διά του ηγαπημένου αυτού,
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved.
7 διά του οποίου έχομεν την απολύτρωσιν διά του αίματος αυτού, την άφεσιν των αμαρτημάτων, κατά τον πλούτον της χάριτος αυτού,
7 In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
8 καθ' ην επερίσσευσεν εις ημάς εν πάση σοφία και φρονήσει,
8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 γνωστοποιήσας εις ημάς το μυστήριον του θελήματος αυτού κατά την ευδοκίαν αυτού, την οποίαν προέθετο εν εαυτώ,
9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
10 εις οικονομίαν του πληρώματος των καιρών, να συγκεφαλαιώση τα πάντα εν τω Χριστώ και τα εν τοις ουρανοίς και τα επί της γης.
10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.
11 Εν αυτώ, εις τον οποίον και ελάβομεν κληρονομίαν, προορισθέντες κατά την πρόθεσιν του ενεργούντος τα πάντα κατά την βουλήν του θελήματος αυτού,
11 We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,
12 διά να ήμεθα εις έπαινον της δόξης αυτού ημείς οι προελπίσαντες εις τον Χριστόν·
12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.
13 εις τον οποίον και σεις ηλπίσατε, ακούσαντες τον λόγον της αληθείας, το ευαγγέλιον της σωτηρίας σας, εις τον οποίον και πιστεύσαντες εσφραγίσθητε με το Πνεύμα το Άγιον της επαγγελίας,
13 In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 όστις είναι ο αρραβών της κληρονομίας ημών, μέχρι της απολυτρώσεως του αποκτηθέντος λαού αυτού, εις έπαινον της δόξης αυτού.
14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
15 Διά τούτο και εγώ, ακούσας την εις τον Κύριον Ιησούν πίστιν σας και την εις πάντας τους αγίους αγάπην,
15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you and the love which you have toward all the saints,
16 δεν παύομαι ευχαριστών τον Θεόν υπέρ υμών, μνημονεύων υμάς εν ταις προσευχαίς μου,
16 don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
17 διά να σας δώση ο Θεός του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού, ο Πατήρ της δόξης, πνεύμα σοφίας και αποκαλύψεως εις επίγνωσιν αυτού,
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,
18 ώστε να φωτισθώσιν οι οφθαλμοί του νοός σας, εις το να γνωρίσητε ποία είναι η ελπίς της προσκλήσεως αυτού, και τις ο πλούτος της δόξης της κληρονομίας αυτού εις τους αγίους,
18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 και τι το υπερβάλλον μέγεθος της δυνάμεως αυτού προς ημάς τους πιστεύοντας κατά την ενέργειαν του κράτους της ισχύος αυτού,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
20 την οποίαν ενήργησεν εν τω Χριστώ, αναστήσας αυτόν εκ νεκρών, και εκάθισεν εκ δεξιών αυτού εν τοις επουρανίοις,
20 which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
21 υπεράνω πάσης αρχής και εξουσίας και δυνάμεως και κυριότητος και παντός ονόματος ονομαζομένου ου μόνον εν τω αιώνι τούτω, αλλά και εν τω μέλλοντι·
21 far above all rule, authority, power, dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
22 και πάντα υπέταξεν υπό τους πόδας αυτού, και έδωκεν αυτόν κεφαλήν υπεράνω πάντων εις την εκκλησίαν,
22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
23 ήτις είναι το σώμα αυτού, το πλήρωμα του τα πάντα εν πάσι πληρούντος.
23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Colossians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 1:1–2; Romans 1:1; Galatians 1:1
- 2 Romans 1:7; Galatians 1:3; Titus 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:2
- 3 1 Peter 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:3; Ephesians 2:6; Genesis 22:18; Revelation 5:9–14
- 4 2 Timothy 1:9; Romans 8:28–30; Ephesians 2:10; Matthew 25:34; 1 Peter 2:9
- 5 Romans 8:29–30; Ephesians 1:11; Galatians 4:5–6; John 1:12; 1 John 3:1
- 6 Romans 3:22–26; Colossians 1:13; Ephesians 1:12; Philippians 4:19; Ephesians 1:7–8
- 7 1 Peter 2:24; Romans 3:24; Colossians 1:14; 1 John 1:7–9; 1 Peter 1:18–19
- 8 Revelation 5:12; Ephesians 3:10; Romans 5:15; Colossians 2:3; Psalm 104:24
- 9 Colossians 1:26–28; Romans 16:25–27; Ephesians 3:3–9; 2 Timothy 1:9; Ephesians 1:11
- 10 Colossians 1:20; Philippians 2:9–10; Galatians 4:4; Daniel 2:44; Mark 1:15
- 11 Romans 8:28; 1 Peter 1:4; Isaiah 46:10–11; Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 1:5
- 12 Ephesians 1:6; Jeremiah 17:5–7; Ephesians 1:13–14; Isaiah 42:1–4; Ephesians 3:21
- 13 2 Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 4:30; 2 Timothy 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Galatians 3:14
- 14 2 Corinthians 1:22; 2 Corinthians 5:5; Ephesians 4:30; Galatians 4:6; Romans 8:15–17
- 15 Philemon 5; Colossians 1:3–4; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:10; 1 John 4:21
- 16 Romans 1:8–9; Colossians 1:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Colossians 1:3; 1 Samuel 12:23
- 17 Isaiah 11:2; James 3:17–18; Colossians 1:9–10; Proverbs 2:5; 2 Peter 1:3
- 18 Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Luke 24:45; 1 John 3:1–3; Ephesians 1:7
- 19 Philippians 2:13; Colossians 2:12; Ephesians 3:20; Colossians 1:29; 2 Corinthians 4:7
- 20 Hebrews 10:12; Mark 16:19; Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 1:3; Matthew 28:18
- 21 Philippians 2:9–11; Colossians 2:10; Colossians 1:15–16; 1 Peter 3:22; Hebrews 1:4
- 22 Colossians 1:18; Colossians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 15:25–27; Psalm 8:6–8; Hebrews 2:8
- 23 Colossians 1:18–19; John 1:16; Colossians 2:9–10; Ephesians 4:12; Ephesians 3:19
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)