Ephesians · Chapter 1

[ edit] Poul, apoſtle of Criſt, by þe will of God, to alle hooly men þat ben at Ephecy and feiþful in Criſt Jheſu, grace to ȝou and pees of God, oure fadir, and of þe Lord Jheſu Criſt. Bleſſid be God and þe fadir of oure Lord Jheſu Criſt, þat bleſſide vs in al ſpiritual bleſſinge in heuenli þingis in Criſt, as he chees vs in him bifore þe makyng of þe world, þat we ſchulden be hooli, and wiþ oute wemme, or vndefoulid, in his ſiȝt, in charite. Þe which bifore ordeynede vs into þe adopcioun of ſones by Jheſu Criſt into him, vp þe purpos of his will, into heriynge of þe glorie of his grace; in þe which he made vs able to his grace, or made dereworþe, in his dereworþe ſone.

In whom we han aȝen byinge by his blood, and remiſſioun of ſynnes, vp þe richeſſis of his grace, þat haboundide greetly in vs in all wyſdom and prudence, þat he ſchulde make þe ſacrament of his will knowen to vs, vp þe good pleſaunce of him, þat he purpoſide in him in þe diſpenſacioun of plente of tymes for to inſtore alle þingis in Criſt, þe whiche ben in heuenes and in erþe, in him. In whom alſo and we by ſorte, or grace, ben clepid, bifore ordeyned vp þe purpos of him þat worchiþ alle þingis vp þe counceil of his will; þat we be into þe heryinge of his glorie, we þat bifore hopiden in Criſt.

In whom and ȝe, whanne ȝe hadden herd þe word of treuþe, reſceyueden þe goſpel of ȝoure heelþe, in which and ȝe bileuynge ben markid wiþ þe Hooly Goſt of biheeſte, þat is a wed, or eernes, of ȝoure heritage, into þe redempcioun of purchaſinge, into heryinge of his glorie.

Þerfore and I heeringe ȝoure feiþ, þat is in Criſt Jheſu, and louynge into alle ſeyntis, ceeſſe not doynge þankyngis for ȝou, makynge mynde of ȝou in my preieris; þat God of oure Lord Jheſu Criſt, fadir of glorie, ȝyue to ȝou þe ſpirit of wyſdom and of reuelacioun, into þe knowynge of him; þe yȝen of ȝoure herte inliȝtened, þat ȝe wite, which is þe hope of his clepinge, and whiche þe richeſſis of þe glorie of his heritage in ſeyntis; and which is þe ouerſemynge greetneſſe of his vertu into vs þat han bileuyd, vp þe worchinge of þe myȝt of his vertu, þe which he wrouȝte in Criſt, reyſinge him fro deed men, and ſettinge on his riȝþalf in heuenly þingis, aboue ech principat, or power of princes, and poteſtate, and vertu, and lordſchiping, and ech name þat is named, not oonly in þis world, but in þe world to come; and made alle þingis ſuget vndir his feet, and ȝaf him heed vpon al þe chirche, þat is þe bodi of him, and þe plente of him, þe which alle þingis in alle þingis is fulfillid.