Ephesians 1

The Douay-Rheims Bible in Bishop Challoner's revision (1749-52), the standard English Bible of the Catholic Church for two centuries, translated from the Latin Vulgate, with the Clementine Vulgate Latin beside each verse. The English is that of Project Gutenberg's electronic text, with Challoner's notes left out; the Latin is the Clementine Vulgate of 1598, with the medieval Glossa Ordinaria commentary of the edition left out. Book names and chapter and verse numbers follow the Vulgate, so the Psalms are numbered as in the Vulgate (Psalm 22 here is Psalm 23 in the King James Version).

1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.

Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, omnibus sanctis qui sunt Ephesi, et fidelibus in Christo Jesu.

2Grace be to you and peace, from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Jesu Christo.

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ:

Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui benedixit nos in omni benedictione spirituali in cælestibus in Christo,

4As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.

sicut elegit nos in ipso ante mundi constitutionem, ut essemus sancti et immaculati in conspectu ejus in caritate.

5Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:

Qui prædestinavit nos in adoptionem filiorum per Jesum Christum in ipsum: secundum propositum voluntatis suæ,

6Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us, in his beloved son.

in laudem gloriæ gratiæ suæ, in qua gratificavit nos in dilecto Filio suo.

7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his, grace,

In quo habemus redemptionem per sanguinem ejus, remissionem peccatorum secundum divitias gratiæ ejus,

8Which hath superabounded in us, in all wisdom and prudence,

quæ superabundavit in nobis in omni sapientia et prudentia:

9That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him,

ut notum faceret nobis sacramentum voluntatis suæ, secundum beneplacitum ejus, quod proposuit in eo,

10In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth, in him.

in dispensatione plenitudinis temporum, instaurare omnia in Christo, quæ in cælis et quæ in terra sunt, in ipso;

11In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will.

in quo etiam et nos sorte vocati sumus prædestinati secundum propositum ejus qui operatur omnia secundum consilium voluntatis suæ:

12That we may be unto the praise of his glory: we who before hoped in Christ:

ut simus in laudem gloriæ ejus nos, qui ante speravimus in Christo;

13In whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation), in whom also believing, you were signed with the holy Spirit of promise.

in quo et vos, cum audissetis verbum veritatis, Evangelium salutis vestræ, in quo et credentes signati estis Spiritu promissionis Sancto,

14Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of acquisition, unto the praise of his glory.

qui est pignus hæreditatis nostræ, in redemptionem acquisitionis, in laudem gloriæ ipsius.

15Wherefore, I also, hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus and of your love towards all the saints,

Propterea et ego audiens fidem vestram, quæ est in Domino Jesu, et dilectionem in omnes sanctos,

16Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers,

non cesso gratias agens pro vobis, memoriam vestri faciens in orationibus meis:

17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge of him:

ut Deus Domini nostri Jesu Christi, Pater gloriæ, det vobis spiritum sapientiæ et revelationis in agnitione ejus,

18The eyes of your heart enlightened that you may know what the hope is of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.

illuminatos oculos cordis vestri, ut sciatis quæ sit spes vocationis ejus, et quæ divitiæ gloriæ hæreditatis ejus in sanctis,

19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who believe according to the operation of the might of his power,

et quæ sit supereminens magnitudo virtutis ejus in nos, qui credimus secundum operationem potentiæ virtutis ejus,

20Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places.

quam operatus est in Christo, suscitans illum a mortuis, et constituens ad dexteram suam in cælestibus:

21Above all principality and power and virtue and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.

supra omnem principatum, et potestatem, et virtutem, et dominationem, et omne nomen, quod nominatur non solum in hoc sæculo, sed etiam in futuro.

22And he hath subjected all things under his feet and hath made him head over all the church,

Et omnia subjecit sub pedibus ejus: et ipsum dedit caput supra omnem ecclesiam,

23Which is his body and the fulness of him who is filled all in all.

quæ est corpus ipsius, et plenitudo ejus, qui omnia in omnibus adimpletur.