English Translation of the Bible
also called Mace New Testament
1729 by Daniel Mace
Eph 1:1 Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the divine appointment to the converts which are at Ephesus, who stand firm in the faith of Christ Jesus:
Eph 1:2 grace be to you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all the spiritual blessings in Christ's kingdom.
Eph 1:4 according as he had chosen us in himself before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, free from vice, and devoted to virtue.
Eph 1:5 having predetermin'd to adopt us by Jesus Christ to be his children, according to the good pleasure of his own will,
Eph 1:6 to display the glory of his grace, which has render'd us acceptable by his beloved son:
Eph 1:7 who has by his blood obtained for us the redemption, even the forgiveness of our sins, according to the riches of his grace,
Eph 1:8 out of the over-flowing treasures of his comprehensive wisdom and contrivance.
Eph 1:9 for he has discover'd to us the secret of his will, that out of his meer good pleasure, he had purposed in himself,
Eph 1:10 when the full time of the dispensation was come, to reduce all things both in heaven and on earth, under one head in Christ.
Eph 1:11 It is by him, that we have a share in the inheritance, which was before allotted to us, in consequence of his design, who executes the whole plan, as he himself had contriv'd it:
Eph 1:12 that we should celebrate his glory, who were the first that plac'd our hopes in Christ.
Eph 1:13 by whom you also have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: and having believed in him, ye were mark'd with the seal of the holy spirit, which was promised:
Eph 1:14 and this is the pledge of our inheritance, being given for the deliverance of his peculiar people, to the display of his glory.
Eph 1:15 Wherefore having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and of your love to all christians,
Eph 1:16 I continually give thanks upon your account, making mention of you in my prayers;
Eph 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, whereby ye may know him:
Eph 1:18 an enlightned understanding, that ye may see what great expectations he has called you to, and what abundant glory it is to the saints to be the lot of his inheritance.
Eph 1:19 and how exceedingly great that power is, which he has employ'd upon us who believe, a power corresponding to that energy of his mighty strength;
Eph 1:20 which he exerted in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at the head of his heavenly kingdom,
Eph 1:21 far above all the principalities, all the powers, all the potentates, all the dominations, and whatever order can be named, not only in this age, but also in the age to come:
Eph 1:22 for he has subjected all things to him, and constituted him supreme head of the church,
Eph 1:23 which is his body, a work compleatly finished in all its parts.
Eph 2:1 When you were in that destructive state of transgression and sin,
Eph 2:2 in which you formerly liv'd, influenc'd by the customs of this world, and by the prince of the aerial powers, the spirits that now actuate the incredulous:
Eph 2:3 of which number we all have formerly been, leading our dissolute lives in gratifying the desires of our sensual imaginations: and were indeed obnoxious to the divine displeasure, as other. Gentiles were:
Eph 2:4 then it was that God, who is rich in mercy, thro' his great love, wherewith he loved us,
Eph 2:5 did raise us all, who were in that deadly state of sin, to life by Christ, for by grace ye are saved:
Eph 2:6 he hath raised us up together, and made us partakers of his heavenly kingdom.
Eph 2:7 that in the ages to come, he might shew the immense riches of his gracious kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus.
Eph 2:8 for by grace are ye saved, thro' faith (and that not from us:
Eph 2:9 it is the gift of God) but not by works, so that no man can boast:
Eph 2:10 for he hath made us a-new, and form'd us by Christ Jesus to do good works, for which God had before prepared us, that we might live in them.
Eph 2:11 Wherefore remember that you were heretofore Gentiles, being denominated the uncircumcised, by those who are the circumcised by a manual operation;
Eph 2:12 that at that time ye were without all knowledge of the Messiah, being aliens from the common-wealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and living in the world without any true knowledge of God.
Eph 2:13 but now you who were formerly at a distance, are brought near by the death of Christ Jesus.
Eph 2:14 for he is our peace-maker, who hath united both Jew and Gentile, and hath by his flesh broken down the middle wall of partition
Eph 2:15 (which kept us at variance) by abolishing the dogmatical injunctions of the law, that having made the peace, he might incorporate the two into one new body under himself;
Eph 2:16 that he might reconcile both in one body unto God by the cross, wherefore he destroyed the enmity that was between them:
Eph 2:17 and being come, he preached the glad tidings of peace to YOU who were afar off, and to US that were nigh.
Eph 2:18 for thro' him both of us have access by the same spirit to the father.
Eph 2:19 Therefore now, you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and domesticks of God's family,
Eph 2:20 being built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, whereof Jesus Christ himself is the main stone of the angle:
Eph 2:21 on which the whole structure rises with symmetry into a temple, consecrated by the Lord:
Eph 2:22 who by his spirit has likewise made you a part of this divine mansion.
Eph 3:1 This it is that makes me Paul a prisoner for Jesus Christ upon your account, O Gentiles;
Eph 3:2 if so be you have heard of the charge, which God has graciously dispens'd to me for you Gentiles;
Eph 3:3 having revealed to me the secret, I now mention'd in short,
Eph 3:4 by the reading whereof you may perceive how far I am let into the secret of Christ.
Eph 3:5 which preceeding was not discover'd to men, as now it is to his holy apostles and prophets by the spirit; to wit,
Eph 3:6 "that the Gentiles should be heirs as well as the Jews, make one body together, and partake of the divine promise in Christ by the gospel."
Eph 3:7 of this I was made a minister, according to the gracious gift God bestowed on me, by the effectual operation of his influence:
Eph 3:8 upon me, who am the meanest of all christians, is this favour bestowed, that I should proclaim to the Gentiles the undiscoverable advantages by Christ;
Eph 3:9 and display to all the world that mysterious dispensation, which from all past ages has been conceal'd in the secret purpose of God, who created all things:
Eph 3:10 that the manifold wisdom of God, in ordering his heavenly kingdom, might by his church be now made known, to princes and magistrates,
Eph 3:11 in pursuance of that dispensation which he made to former ages by Christ Jesus our Lord:
Eph 3:12 by whom we have freedom of access to God, with confidence, by faith in him.
Eph 3:13 Wherefore I desire that you be not dejected at the tribulations I am under for your sake, which are matter of glory to you.
Eph 3:14 for this cause I bow my knees unto the father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Eph 3:15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
Eph 3:16 that by his immense power he would strengthen the faculties of your minds by his spirit:
Eph 3:17 so that your souls may be possess'd with faith in Christ.
Eph 3:18 Be ye rooted and grounded in social virtue, that you may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of this mystery:
Eph 3:19 and be sensible of his exceeding love, in giving you the knowledge of Christ, that you may be filled with all the supplies of divine bounty.
Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do infinitely above what we ask or comprehend, by his power operating in us,
Eph 3:21 unto him be glory in the church, even by Christ Jesus, thro' all the successions of future ages. amen.
Eph 4:1 I therefore the prisoner for the Lord, beseech you to live suitably to the offers that have been made to you:
Eph 4:2 with all humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another in love;
Eph 4:3 endeavouring to preserve the spiritual union by your affectionate attachment to one another.
Eph 4:4 Being one body, acted by one spirit, since you all have but one expectation in view;
Eph 4:5 there is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Eph 4:6 one God and father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all.
Eph 4:7 but to every one of us a different charge is given, according to the distribution which Christ has made;
Eph 4:8 wherefore 'tis said, " when he ascended up on high, he made a number of captives, and gave gifts to men."
Eph 4:9 now his having ascended, what does it mean, but that he had descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Eph 4:10 he that descended, is the same too that ascended far above all heavens, to perfect all things.
Eph 4:11 It is he then that made some, apostles: some, prophets: some, evangelists: and others, pastors, and teachers:
Eph 4:12 thus fitly qualifying his servants for their respective offices, in order to build up the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 till being united in a perfect belief, and acknowledgment of the son of God, we grow up to that full state of maturity required by Christ:
Eph 4:14 that we should be no longer children, fluctuating, and carried about with every empty doctrine, by men vers'd in sleight and the crafty arts of deceit:
Eph 4:15 but being sincere in mutual love, may be entirely united to Christ, who is the head:
Eph 4:16 from which the whole body fitly framed, and compacted by the entire adherence and contribution of every part performing its respective function, increases and improves itself by the mutual concern of the parts.
Eph 4:17 This I say therefore, and conjure you by the Lord not to live for the future as other Gentiles do, in the vanity of their minds,
Eph 4:18 which are overspread with darkness, and averse to a religious life, thro' their innate ignorance and obduracy:
Eph 4:19 who without remorse, have abandon'd themselves to brutality, in gratifying every lewd unnatural passion.
Eph 4:20 but you have learned other things from Christ,
Eph 4:21 if you have heard of him, and have been taught the truth as he preach'd it:
Eph 4:22 to quit the vicious habits of your former conversation, corrupted by deceitful passions:
Eph 4:23 and to be renewed in your mind, by living like men formed anew,
Eph 4:24 after the image of God, in justice, sanctity, and truth.
Eph 4:25 Wherefore leave off the practice of lying, and let every man speak truth to his neighbour: for we are all members of one society.
Eph 4:26 are you angry? have a care you don't sin. "let not the sun go down upon your wrath,"
Eph 4:27 lest the devil take hold of the opportunity.
Eph 4:28 let him that stole, steal no more: but rather let him labour, to encrease his fortune with his own hands, that he may have wherewithal to relieve the needy:
Eph 4:29 let no obscene language defile your mouth, use only such as tends to edification, that it may be beneficial to the hearers.
Eph 4:30 grieve not the holy spirit of God, by whom you are sealed against the day of deliverance:
Eph 4:31 banish all resentment and indignation, anger, vehemence, detraction, and every thing like malice.
Eph 4:32 be mutually kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Eph 5:1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as his dear children; live together in love,
Eph 5:2 for Christ loved us, and for us gave himself an offering and a sacrifice acceptable to God.
Eph 5:3 But fornication, and all impurity, or inordinate desire, let it not be approved by you, as being unworthy of christians: neither ribaldry,
Eph 5:4 nor buffoonry, which they call pleasantry, but is indecent: be you rather exercised in social virtue.
Eph 5:5 for this you know, that no licentious or dissolute person, no lewd libertine, that is, an idolater, hath any part in the kingdom of Christ, and of God.
Eph 5:6 let no man mislead you by vain reasonings: for it is for these vices, that the wrath of God lights upon the incredulous.
Eph 5:7 don't you therefore be concern'd with them.
Eph 5:8 you were heretofore altogether in the dark, but now being enlightned by the Lord, behave as children of light:
Eph 5:9 for the natural effect of light, is universal benevolence, justice, and truth:
Eph 5:10 consider what is acceptable to the Lord;
Eph 5:11 and be not accomplices in the fruitless practices of vice; on the contrary, condemn them.
Eph 5:12 for it is a shame even to mention what they practise in secret.
Eph 5:13 but whatever is unjustifiable will be brought to light: and that will show them to be unjustifiable.
Eph 5:14 wherefore 'tis said, " awake thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."
Eph 5:15 See then that you behave circumspectly, and not as fools, but as wise,
Eph 5:16 weighing the circumstances of the season, because the times are dangerous.
Eph 5:17 wherefore be not imprudent, but consider what is agreeable to the divine will.
Eph 5:18 do not drink to excess, for that tends to dissoluteness, but be regal'd with spiritual entertainments:
Eph 5:19 expressing yourselves in psalms, in hymns, and spiritual songs; and let your hearts beat the time, in concerts of praises to the Lord,
Eph 5:20 and this the burthen of the song, "thanks be to God, even the father, for his son Jesus Christ our Lord."
Eph 5:21 Be mutually obsequious with christian respect.
Eph 5:22 let married women be submissive to their husbands, out of regard to the Lord.
Eph 5:23 for the husband presides over his wife, as Christ presides over the church: and he it is that preserves the whole body.
Eph 5:24 as the church then is subordinate to Christ, so let women be to their husbands upon all occasions.
Eph 5:25 You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:
Eph 5:26 to sanctify and purify her by the ablution of his word,
Eph 5:27 that he himself might make her appear illustrious to his own eye, a church without spot, or any thing like a defect; so as to be holy and irreprehensible.
Eph 5:28 in like manner ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: "he that loves his wife, loveth himself."
Eph 5:29 no man was ever yet averse to his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as the Lord doth the church:
Eph 5:30 of which we are the several parts constituting his body.
Eph 5:31 the scripture says, "for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and they two shall be as one."
Eph 5:32 these words contain a very mystical sense, I mean in reference to Christ and the church.
Eph 5:33 wherefore let every one of you without exception, love his wife even as himself; and let the wife respect her husband.
Eph 6:1 Children, obey your christian parents: for this is the law.
Eph 6:2 the first commandment with a promise annexed, is, "honour thy father and mother,
Eph 6:3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst be long-lived on the earth."
Eph 6:4 and you fathers don't exasperate your children: but instruct them in the discipline and institution of the Lord.
Eph 6:5 Servants, be obedient to your legal masters, with awful reverence and sincerity of heart, as unto Christ:
Eph 6:6 not doing your work meerly out of regard to their presence or their pleasure, but as the servants of Christ, in hearty obedience to the will of God:
Eph 6:7 serve them with affection, as if it was to the Lord,
Eph 6:8 and not to men: considering that whatever good any man doth, he shall be rewarded for it by the Lord, whether he be a slave or free.
Eph 6:9 and you masters have a just regard to them, by softning your authority: knowing that both their and your master is in heaven, where there is no respect of persons with him.
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, place your strength in the transcendent power of the Lord.
Eph 6:11 put on the set of divine armour, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 for our conflict is not barely with men, but with principalities, with potentates, with the princes of darkness, with wicked aereal spirits.
Eph 6:13 wherefore invest yourselves with the set of divine armour, that ye may be able to withstand in the difficult day, and having overcome all to maintain your ground.
Eph 6:14 stand firm, the belt of truth round your waist, let justice invest you like mail:
Eph 6:15 wing your feet with the gospel of peace:
Eph 6:16 cover all with the shield of faith, to repel all the fiery darts of the adversary:
Eph 6:17 let salvation be your helmet, and the divine doctrine your spiritual sword.
Eph 6:18 Pour out your souls unto God upon all occasions, watching in prayer with all perseverance and supplication for all christians:
Eph 6:19 in particular for me, that I may have leave to speak without any restraint, and make known the mystery of the gospel,
Eph 6:20 for which I am an embassador, tho' in chains: that I may duely represent it to the full.
Eph 6:21 As to the state of my affairs, and health, Tychicus our dear brother, and faithful minister in the Lord, will very particularly acquaint you with them.
Eph 6:22 I have sent him to you on purpose to acquaint you with our concerns, and to comfort your hearts.
Eph 6:23 may our brethren have peace, social affection, and faith from God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Eph 6:24 grace be with all those that have love uncorrupted for our Lord Jesus Christ. amen.
