,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  from etext #aeha prepared by   
,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,epistle ,,of ,,st4 ,,paul ,,to  
,,the ,,ephesians    ,ephesus was the   
capital of ,lesser ,asia1 and celebrated
 for the temple of  ,diana1 to which the
 most part of the people of the ,east   
went frequently  to worship4 ,but ,st4  

,paul having preached the ,gospel there1
 for two years  the first time and      
afterwards for about a year1 converted  
many4 ,he wrote  this ,epistle to them  
when he was a prisoner in ,rome2 and    
sent it by  ,tychicus4 ,he admonishes   
them to hold firmly the faith which they
 had  received and warns them1 and also 
those of the neighbouring cities1       
against the sophistry of philosophers   
and doctrine of false teachers who  were
 come among them4 ,the matters of faith 
contained in this ,epistle are          
exceedingly sublime1 and consequently   
very difficult to be understood4  ,it   
was written about twenty-nine years     
after our ,lord's ,ascension4           
,ephesians ,chapter #a    ,the great    
blessings we have received through      
,christ4 ,he is the head of  all the    
church4    #a3a4 ,paul1 an apostle of   
,jesus ,christ1 by the will of ,god1 to 
all the  saints who are at ,ephesus and 
to the faithful in ,christ ,jesus4      
#a3b4 ,grace be to you and peace1 from  

,god the ,father and from the ,lord     
,jesus ,christ4    #a3c4 ,blessed be the
 ,god and ,father of our ,lord ,jesus   
,christ1 who hath  blessed us with      
spiritual blessings in heavenly places1 
in ,christ3    ,in heavenly places444   
or1 in heavenly things4 ,in coelestibus4
    #a3d4 ,as he chose us in him before 
the foundation of the world1 that we    
should be holy and unspotted in his     
sight in charity4    #a3e4 ,who hath    
predestinated us unto the adoption of   
children through  ,jesus ,christ unto   
himself3 according to the purpose of his
 will3    #a3f4 ,unto the praise of the 
glory of his grace1 in which he hath    
graced  us1 in his beloved son4    #a3g4
 ,in whom we have redemption through his
 blood1 the remission of  sins1         
according to the riches of his1 grace1  
#a3h4 ,which hath superabounded in us1  
in all wisdom and prudence1    #a3i4    
,that he might make known unto us the   
mystery of his will1 according  to his  
good pleasure1 which he hath purposed in

 him1    #a3aj4 ,in the dispensation of 
the fulness of times1 to re-establish   
all  things in ,christ1 that are in     
heaven and on earth1 in him4    #a3aa4  
,in whom we also are called by lot1     
being predestinated according  to the   
purpose of him who worketh all things   
according to the counsel of  his will4  
#a3ab4 ,that we may be unto the praise  
of his glory3 we who before hoped  in   
,christ3    #a3ac4 ,in whom you also1   
after you had heard the word of truth   
7the  gospel of your salvation71 in whom
 also believing1 you were signed with   
the holy ,spirit of promise4    #a3ad4  
,who is the pledge of our inheritance1  
unto the redemption of  acquisition1    
unto the praise of his glory4           
,acquisition444 that is1 a purchased    
possession4    #a3ae4 ,wherefore1 ,i    
also1 hearing of your faith that is in  
the ,lord ,jesus  and of your love      
towards all the saints1    #a3af4 ,cease
 not to give thanks for you1 making     
commemoration of you in  my prayers1    

#a3ag4 ,that the ,god of our ,lord      
,jesus ,christ1 the ,father of glory1   
may  give unto you the spirit of wisdom 
and of revelation1 in the knowledge  of 
him3    #a3ah4 ,the 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 saints4    #a3ai4 ,and what is  
the exceeding greatness of his power    
towards us1 who  believe according to   
the operation of the might of his power1
    #a3bj4 ,which he wrought in ,christ1
 raising him up from the dead and       
setting him on his right hand in the    
heavenly places4    #a3ba4 ,above all   
principality and power and virtue and   
dominion and every  name that is named1 
not only in this world1 but also in that
 which is to  come4    #a3bb4 ,and he   
hath subjected all things under his feet
 and hath made him  head over all the   
church1    #a3bc4 ,which is his body and
 the fulness of him who is filled all in
 all4    ,ephesians ,chapter #b    ,all 

our good comes through ,christ4 ,he is  
our peace4    #b3a4 ,and you1 when you  
were dead in your offences and sins1    
#b3b4 ,wherein in time past you walked  
according to the course of this  world1 
according to the prince of the power of 
this air1 of the spirit  that now       
worketh on the children of unbelief3    
#b3c4 ,in which also we all conversed in
 time past1 in the desires of our       
flesh1 fulfilling the will of the flesh 
and of our thoughts1 and were by  nature
 children of wrath1 even as the rest3   
#b3d4 ,but ,god 7who is rich in mercy7  
for his exceeding charity wherewith  he 
loved us    #b3e4 ,even when we were    
dead in sins1 hath quickened us together
 in  ,christ 7by whose grace you are    
saved7    #b3f4 ,and hath raised us up  
together and hath made us sit together  
in the  heavenly places1 through ,christ
 ,jesus4    #b3g4 ,that he might shew in
 the ages to come the abundant riches of
 his  grace1 in his bounty towards us in
 ,christ ,jesus4    #b3h4 ,for by grace 

you are saved through faith3 and that   
not of  yourselves1 for it is the gift  
of ,god4    #b3i4 ,not of works1 that no
 man may glory4    ,not of works444 as  
of our own growth1 or from ourselves2   
but as from the  grace of ,god4         
#b3aj4 ,for we are his workmanship1     
created in ,christ ,jesus in good works1
  which ,god hath prepared that we      
should walk in them4    #b3aa4 ,for     
which cause be mindful that you1 being  
heretofore gentiles is  the flesh1 who  
are called uncircumcision by that which 
is called  circumcision in the flesh1   
made by hands3    #b3ab4 ,that you were 
at that time without ,christ1 being     
aliens from the  conversation of ,israel
 and strangers to the testament1 having 
no hope of  the promise and without ,god
 in this world4    #b3ac4 ,but now in   
,christ ,jesus1 you1 who some time were 
afar off1 are  made nigh by the blood of
 ,christ4    #b3ad4 ,for he is our      
peace1 who hath made both one1 and      
breaking down the  middle wall of       

partition1 the enmities in his flesh3   
#b3ae4 ,making void the law of          
commandments contained in decrees3 that 
he  might make the two in himself into  
one new man1 making peace1    #b3af4    
,and might reconcile both to ,god in one
 body by the cross1 killing  the        
enmities in himself4    #b3ag4 ,and     
coming1 he preached peace to you that   
were afar off3 and peace  to them that  
were nigh4    #b3ah4 ,for by him we have
 access both in one ,spirit to the      
,father4    #b3ai4 ,now therefore you   
are no more strangers and foreigners3   
but you  are fellow citizens with the   
saints and the domestics of ,god1       
#b3bj4 ,built upon the foundation of the
 apostles and prophets1 ,jesus  ,christ 
himself being the chief corner stone3   
#b3ba4 ,in whom all the building1 being 
framed together1 groweth up into  an    
holy temple in the ,lord4    #b3bb4 ,in 
whom you also are built together into an
 habitation of ,god in  the ,spirit4    
,ephesians ,chapter #c    ,the mystery  

hidden from former ages was discovered  
to the apostle1 to be  imparted to the  
,gentiles4 ,he prays that they may be   
strengthened in ,god4      #c3a4 ,for   
this cause1 ,i ,paul1 the prisoner of   
,jesus ,christ1 for you  ,gentiles3     
#c3b4 ,if yet you have heard of the     
dispensation of the grace of ,god which 
is given me towards you3    #c3c4 ,how  
that1 according to revelation1 the      
mystery has been made known  to me1 as  
,i have written above in a few words3   
#c3d4 ,as you reading1 may understand my
 knowledge in the mystery of  ,christ1  
#c3e4 ,which in other generations was   
not known to the sons of men1 as it  is 
now revealed to his holy apostles and   
prophets in the ,spirit3    #c3f4 ,that 
the ,gentiles should be fellow heirs and
 of the same body3 and  copartners of   
his promise in ,christ ,jesus1 by the   
gospel    #c3g4 ,of which ,i am made a  
minister1 according to the gift of the  
grace  of ,god1 which is given to me    
according to the operation of his power4

    #c3h4 ,to me1 the least of all the  
saints1 is given this grace1 to preach  
among the ,gentiles the unsearchable    
riches of ,christ3    #c3i4 ,and to     
enlighten all men1 that they may see    
what is the  dispensation of the mystery
 which hath been hidden from eternity in
 ,god  who created all things3    #c3aj4
 ,that the manifold wisdom of ,god may  
be made known to the  principalities and
 powers in heavenly places through the  
church1    #c3aa4 ,according to the     
eternal purpose which he made in ,christ
 ,jesus our  ,lord3    #c3ab4 ,in whom  
we have boldness and access with        
confidence by the faith  of him4        
#c3ac4 ,wherefore ,i pray you not to    
faint at my tribulations for you1  which
 is your glory4    #c3ad4 ,for this     
cause ,i bow my knees to the ,father of 
our ,lord ,jesus  ,christ1    #c3ae4 ,of
 whom all paternity in heaven and earth 
is named3    ,all paternity444 ,or1 the 
whole family4 ,god is the ,father1 both 
of angels  and men2 whosoever besides is

 named father1 is so named with         
subordination to him4    #c3af4 ,that he
 would grant you1 according to the      
riches of his glory1 to  be strengthened
 by his ,spirit with might unto the     
inward man3    #c3ag4 ,that ,christ may 
dwell by faith in your hearts3 that1    
being rooted  and founded in charity1   
#c3ah4 ,you may be able to comprehend1  
with all the saints1 what is the        
breadth and length and height and depth1
    #c3ai4 ,to know also the charity of 
,christ1 which surpasseth all           
knowledge3 that you may be filled unto  
all the fulness of ,god4    #c3bj4 ,now 
to him who is able to do all things more
 abundantly than we  desire or          
understand1 according to the power that 
worketh in us3    #c3ba4 ,to him be     
glory in the church and in ,christ      
,jesus1 unto all  generations1 world    
without end4 ,amen4    ,ephesians       
,chapter #d    ,he exhorts them to      
unity1 to put on the new man1 and to fly
 sin4    #d3a4 ,i therefore1 a prisoner 

in the ,lord1 beseech you that you walk 
worthy of the vocation in which you are 
called3    #d3b4 ,with all humility and 
mildness1 with patience1 supporting one 
another in charity4    #d3c4 ,careful to
 keep the unity of the ,spirit in the   
bond of peace4    #d3d4 ,one body and   
one ,spirit3 as you are called in one   
hope of your  calling4    #d3e4 ,one    
,lord1 one faith1 one baptism4    #d3f4 
,one ,god and ,father of all1 who is    
above all1 and through all1 and  in us  
all4    #d3g4 ,but to every one of us is
 given grace1 according to the measure  
of  the giving of ,christ4    #d3h4     
,wherefore he saith3 ,ascending on high1
 he led captivity captive3 he  gave     
gifts to men4    #d3i4 ,now that he     
ascended1 what is it1 but because he    
also descended  first into the lower    
parts of the earth8    #d3aj4 ,he that  
descended is the same also that ascended
 above all the  heavens3 that he might  
fill all things4    #d3aa4 ,and he gave 
some apostles1 and some prophets1 and   

other some  evangelists1 and other some 
pastors and doctors3    ,gave some      
apostles--,until we all meet1 etc444    
,here it is plainly  expressed1 that    
,christ has left in his church a        
perpetual succession of  orthodox       
pastors and teachers1 to preserve the   
faithful in unity and  truth4    #d3ab4 
,for the perfecting of the saints1 for  
the word of the ministry1  for the      
edifying of the body of ,christ3        
#d3ac4 ,until we all meet into the unity
 of faith and of the knowledge of  the  
,son of ,god1 unto a perfect man1 unto  
the measure of the age of the  fulness  
of ,christ3    #d3ad4 ,that henceforth  
we be no more children tossed to and fro
 and  carried about with every wind of  
doctrine1 by the wickedness of men1 by  
cunning craftiness by which they lie in 
wait to deceive4    #d3ae4 ,but doing   
the truth in charity1 we may in all     
things grow up in  him who is the head1 
even ,christ3    #d3af4 ,from whom the  
whole body1 being compacted and fitly   

joined  together1 by what every joint   
supplieth1 according to the operation in
  the measure of every part1 maketh     
increase of the body1 unto the  edifying
 of itself in charity4    #d3ag4 ,this  
then ,i say and testify in the ,lord3   
,that henceforward you  walk not as also
 the ,gentiles walk in the vanity of    
their mind3    #d3ah4 ,having their     
understanding darkened3 being alienated 
from the life  of ,god through the      
ignorance that is in them1 because of   
the blindness  of their hearts4         
#d3ai4 ,who despairing have given       
themselves up to lasciviousness1 unto   
the working of all uncleanness1 unto    
covetousness4    #d3bj4 ,but you have   
not so learned ,christ3    #d3ba4 ,if so
 be that you have heard him and have    
been taught in him1 as  the truth is in 
,jesus3    #d3bb4 ,to put off1 according
 to former conversation1 the old man1   
who is  corrupted according to the      
desire of error4    #d3bc4 ,and be      
renewed in spirit of your mind3         

#d3bd4 ,and put on the new man1 who     
according to ,god is created in justice 
and holiness of truth4    #d3be4        
,wherefore1 putting away lying1 speak ye
 the truth1 every man with  his         
neighbour4 ,for we are members one of   
another4    #d3bf4 ,be angry3 and sin   
not4 ,let not the sun go down upon your 
anger4    #d3bg4 ,give not place to the 
devil4    #d3bh4 ,he that stole1 let him
 now steal no more3 but rather let him  
labour1 working with his hands the thing
 which is good1 that he may have        
something to give to him that suffereth 
need4    #d3bi4 ,let no evil speech     
proceed from your mouth3 but that which 
is  good1 to the edification of faith3  
that it may administer grace to the     
hearers4    #d3cj4 ,and grieve not the  
holy ,spirit of ,god3 whereby you are   
sealed unto  the day of redemption4     
#d3ca4 ,let all bitterness and anger and
 indignation and clamour and  blasphemy 
be put away from you1 with all malice4  
#d3cb4 ,and be ye kind one to another3  

merciful1 forgiving one another1  even  
as ,god hath forgiven you in ,christ4   
,ephesians ,chapter #e    ,exhortations 
to a virtuous life4 ,the mutual duties  
of man and wife1 by  the example of     
,christ and of the ,church4    #e3a4 ,be
 ye therefore followers of ,god1 as most
 dear children3    #e3b4 ,and walk in   
love1 as ,christ also hath loved us and 
hath delivered  himself for us1 an      
oblation and a sacrifice to ,god for an 
odour of  sweetness4    #e3c4 ,but      
fornication and all uncleanness or      
covetousness1 let it not so  much as be 
named among you1 as becometh saints3    
#e3d4 ,or obscenity or foolish talking  
or scurrility1 which is to no  purpose3 
but rather giving of thanks4    #e3e4   
,for know you this and understand3 ,that
 no fornicator or unclean or  covetous  
person 7which is a serving of idols7    
hath inheritance in the  kingdom of     
,christ and of ,god4    #e3f4 ,let no   
man deceive you with vain words4 ,for   
because of these things  cometh the     

anger of ,god upon the children of      
unbelief4    #e3g4 ,be ye not therefore 
partakers with them4    #e3h4 ,for you  
were heretofore darkness1 but now light 
in the ,lord4  ,walk  then as children  
of the light4    #e3i4 ,for the fruit of
 the light is in all goodness and       
justice and  truth3    #e3aj4 ,proving  
what is well pleasing to ,god4    #e3aa4
 ,and have no fellowship with the       
unfruitful works of darkness3 but       
rather reprove them4    #e3ab4 ,for the 
things that are done by them in secret1 
it is a shame even  to speak of4        
#e3ac4 ,but all things that are reproved
 are made manifest by the light3  for   
all that is made manifest is light4     
#e3ad4 ,wherefore he saith3 ,rise1 thou 
that sleepest1 and arise from the  dead3
 and ,christ shall enlighten thee4      
#e3ae4 ,see therefore1 brethren1 how you
 walk circumspectly3 not as  unwise1    
#e3af4 ,but as wise3 redeeming the time1
 because the days are evil4    #e3ag4   
,wherefore1 become not unwise3 but      

understanding what is the will  of ,god4
    #e3ah4 ,and be not drunk with wine1 
wherein is luxury3 but be ye filled     
with the ,holy ,spirit1    #e3ai4       
,speaking to yourselves in psalms and   
hymns and spiritual  canticles1 singing 
and making melody in your hearts to the 
,lord3    #e3bj4 ,giving thanks always  
for all things1 in the name of our ,lord
 ,jesus  ,christ1 to ,god and the       
,father3    #e3ba4 ,being subject one to
 another1 in the fear of ,christ4       
#e3bb4 ,let women be subject to their   
husbands1 as to the ,lord3    #e3bc4    
,because the husband is the head of the 
wife1 as ,christ is the head  of the    
church4 ,he is the saviour of his body4 
#e3bd4 ,therefore as the church is      
subject to ,christ3 so also let the     
wives be to their husbands in all       
things4    ,as the church is subject to 
,christ444 ,the church then1 according  
to ,st4  ,paul1 is ever obedient to     
,christ1 and can never fall from him1   
but  remain faithful to him1 unspotted  

and unchanged to the end of the world4  
#e3be4 ,husbands1 love your wives1 as   
,christ also loved the church and       
delivered himself up for it3    #e3bf4  
,that he might sanctify it1 cleansing it
 by the laver of water in  the word of  
life3    #e3bg4 ,that he might present  
it to himself1 a glorious church1 not   
having  spot or wrinkle or any such     
thing2 but that it should be holy and   
without blemish4    #e3bh4 ,so also     
ought men to love their wives as their  
own bodies4  ,he  that loveth his wife  
loveth himself4    #e3bi4 ,for no man   
ever hated his own flesh1 but nourisheth
 and cherisheth  it1 as also ,christ    
doth the church3    #e3cj4 ,because we  
are members of him1 body1 of his flesh  
and of his  bones4    #e3ca4 ,for this  
cause shall a man leave his father and  
mother3 and shall  cleave to his wife4  
,and they shall be two in one flesh4    
#e3cb4 ,this is a great sacrament3 but  
,i speak in ,christ and in the  church4 
#e3cc4 ,nevertheless1 let every one of  

you in particular love for his wife  as 
himself3 ,and let the wife fear her     
husband4    ,ephesians ,chapter #f      
,duties of children and servants4 ,the  
,christian's armour4    #f3a4 ,children1
 obey your parents in the ,lord3 for    
this is just4    #f3b4 ,honour thy      
father and thy mother1 which is the     
first commandment  with a promise3      
#f3c4 ,that it may be well with thee1   
and thou mayest be long lived upon      
earth4    #f3d4 ,and you1 fathers1      
provoke not your children to anger3 but 
bring  them up in the discipline and    
correction of the ,lord4    #f3e4       
,servants1 be obedient to them that are 
your lords according to the  flesh1 with
 fear and trembling1 in the simplicity  
of your heart1 as to  ,christ4    #f3f4 
,not serving to the eye1 as it were     
pleasing men3 but1 as the  servants of  
,christ1 doing the will of ,god from the
 heart4    #f3g4 ,with a good will      
serving1 as to the ,lord1 and not to    
men4    #f3h4 ,knowing that whatsoever  

good thing any man shall do1 the same   
shall  he receive from the ,lord1       
whether he be bond or free4    #f3i4    
,and you1 masters1 do the same things to
 them1 forbearing  threatenings3 knowing
 that the ,lord both of them and you is 
in heaven4  ,and there is no respect of 
persons with him4    #f3aj4 ,finally1   
brethren1 be strengthened in the ,lord  
and in the might of  his power4         
#f3aa4 ,put you on the armour of ,god1  
that you may be able to stand  against  
the deceits of the devil4    #f3ab4 ,for
 our wrestling is not against flesh and 
blood2 but against  principalities and  
powers1 against the rulers of the world 
of this  darkness1 against the spirits  
of wickedness in the high places4       
,high places1 or heavenly places444     
,that is to say1 in the air1 the  lowest
 of the celestial regions2 in which ,god
 permits these wicked  spirits or fallen
 angels to wander4    #f3ac4 ,therefore1
 take unto you the armour of ,god1 that 
you may be able  to resist in the evil  

day and to stand in all things perfect4 
#f3ad4 ,stand therefore1 having your    
loins girt about with truth and  having 
on the breastplate of justice3    #f3ae4
 ,and your feet shod with the           
preparation of the gospel of peace4     
#f3af4 ,in all things taking the shield 
of faith1 wherewith you may be  able to 
extinguish all the fiery darts of the   
most wicked one4    #f3ag4 ,and take    
unto you the helmet of salvation and the
 sword of the  ,spirit 7which is the    
word of ,god74    #f3ah4 ,by all prayer 
and supplication praying at all times in
 the spirit3  and in the same watching  
with all instance and supplication for  
all the  saints3    #f3ai4 ,and for me1 
that speech may be given me1 that ,i may
 open my mouth  with confidence1 to make
 known the mystery of the gospel1       
#f3bj4 ,for which ,i am an ambassador in
 a chain3 so that therein ,i may be     
bold to speak according as ,i ought4    
#f3ba4 ,but that you also may know the  
things that concern me and what ,i  am  

doing1 ,tychicus1 my dearest brother and
 faithful minister in the  ,lord1 will  
make known to you all things3    #f3bb4 
,whom ,i have sent to you for this same 
purpose3 that you may know  the things  
concerning us1 and that he may comfort  
your hearts4    #f3bc4 ,peace be to the 
brethren and charity with faith1 from   
,god the  ,father and the ,lord ,jesus  
,christ4    #f3bd4 ,grace be with all   
them that love our ,lord ,jesus ,christ 
in  incorruption4 ,amen4    ,in         
incorruption444 ,that is1 with a pure   
and perfect love4