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# Ephesians 1

Ephesians 1 is chapter 1 of 6 in the Letter to the Ephesians. Here are all 23 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The great blessings we have received through Christ. He is the head of all the church.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Ephesians 1 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.
2. Grace and peace to you from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, in Christ,
4. just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy and immaculate in his sight, in charity.
5. He has predestined us to adoption as sons, through Jesus Christ, in himself, according to the purpose of his will,
6. for the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has gifted us in his beloved Son.
7. In him, we have redemption through his blood: the remission of sins in accord with the riches of his grace,
8. which is superabundant in us, with all wisdom and prudence.
9. So does he make known to us the mystery of his will, which he has set forth in Christ, in a manner well-pleasing to him,
10. in the dispensation of the fullness of time, so as to renew in Christ everything that exists through him in heaven and on earth.
11. In him, we too are called to our portion, having been predestined in accord with the plan of the One who accomplishes all things by the counsel of his will.
12. So may we be, to the praise of his glory, we who have hoped beforehand in Christ.
13. In him, you also, after you heard and believed the Word of truth, which is the Gospel of your salvation, were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the Promise.
14. He is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the acquisition of redemption, to the praise of his glory.
15. Because of this, and hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love toward all the saints,
16. I have not ceased giving thanks for you, calling you to mind in my prayers,
17. so that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give a spirit of wisdom and of revelation to you, in knowledge of him.
18. May the eyes of your heart be illuminated, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and the wealth of the glory of his inheritance with the saints,
19. and the preeminent magnitude of his virtue toward us, toward we who believe in accord with the work of his powerful virtue,
20. which he wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead and establishing him at his right hand in the heavens,
21. above every principality and power and virtue and dominion, and above every name that is given, not only in this age, but even in the future age.
22. And he has subjected all things under his feet, and he has made him the head over the entire Church,
23. which is his body and which is the fullness of him who accomplishes everything in everyone.

## Ephesians 1 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, omnibus sanctis qui sunt Ephesi, et fidelibus in Christo Jesu.
2. Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Jesu Christo.
3. Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui benedixit nos in omni benedictione spirituali in cælestibus in Christo,
4. sicut elegit nos in ipso ante mundi constitutionem, ut essemus sancti et immaculati in conspectu ejus in caritate.
5. Qui prædestinavit nos in adoptionem filiorum per Jesum Christum in ipsum: secundum propositum voluntatis suæ,
6. in laudem gloriæ gratiæ suæ, in qua gratificavit nos in dilecto Filio suo.
7. In quo habemus redemptionem per sanguinem ejus, remissionem peccatorum secundum divitias gratiæ ejus,
8. quæ superabundavit in nobis in omni sapientia et prudentia:
9. ut notum faceret nobis sacramentum voluntatis suæ, secundum beneplacitum ejus, quod proposuit in eo,
10. in dispensatione plenitudinis temporum, instaurare omnia in Christo, quæ in cælis et quæ in terra sunt, in ipso;
11. in quo etiam et nos sorte vocati sumus prædestinati secundum propositum ejus qui operatur omnia secundum consilium voluntatis suæ:
12. ut simus in laudem gloriæ ejus nos, qui ante speravimus in Christo;
13. in quo et vos, cum audissetis verbum veritatis, Evangelium salutis vestræ, in quo et credentes signati estis Spiritu promissionis Sancto,
14. qui est pignus hæreditatis nostræ, in redemptionem acquisitionis, in laudem gloriæ ipsius.
15. Propterea et ego audiens fidem vestram, quæ est in Domino Jesu, et dilectionem in omnes sanctos,
16. non cesso gratias agens pro vobis, memoriam vestri faciens in orationibus meis:
17. ut Deus, Domini nostri Jesu Christi Pater gloriæ, det vobis spiritum sapientiæ et revelationis in agnitione ejus,
18. illuminatos oculos cordis vestri, ut sciatis quæ sit spes vocationis ejus, et quæ divitiæ gloriæ hæreditatis ejus in sanctis,
19. et quæ sit supereminens magnitudo virtutis ejus in nos, qui credimus secundum operationem potentiæ virtutis ejus,
20. quam operatus est in Christo, suscitans illum a mortuis, et constituens ad dexteram suam in cælestibus:
21. supra omnem principatum, et potestatem, et virtutem, et dominationem, et omne nomen, quod nominatur non solum in hoc sæculo, sed etiam in futuro.
22. Et omnia subjecit sub pedibus ejus: et ipsum dedit caput supra omnem ecclesiam,
23. quæ est corpus ipsius, et plenitudo ejus, qui omnia in omnibus adimpletur.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1077: The Father-Source and Goal of the Liturgy ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1671: Sacramentals ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 492: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2627: Blessing and Adoration ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2641: Prayer of Praise ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 257: The Father ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 796: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 865: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1426: Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2807: "Hallowed be Thy Name" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 294: The Creator ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1083: The Father-Source and Goal of the Liturgy ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2839: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 517: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1066: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2823: "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 51: God Reveals His "Plan of Loving Goodness" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2603: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 668: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 772: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1042: Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1043: Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2748: The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 693: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 698: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 706: God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1274: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1296: The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1107: The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2632: Prayer of Petition ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 158: The Characteristics of Faith ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 272: The Almighty ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 648: On the Third Day He Rose From the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 830: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 669: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 753: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2045: Moral Life and Missionary Witness ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “To restore all things in Christ.” — St. Pius X, Motto, 1903 (On this theme: verse 10)
- “Wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” — St. Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Smyrnaeans, 8, c. 107 (On this theme: verse 22)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 3: or, in heavenly things. In coelestibus.
- Verse 14: “Acquisition” … that is, a purchased possession.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Tue, Dec 8, 2026: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Second Reading, Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12
- Tue, Jan 19, 2027: Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Ephesians 1:17-18
- Sun, May 9, 2027: Seventh Sunday of Easter — Ascension — Second Reading, Ephesians 1:17-23
- Tue, Jun 1, 2027 (computed): St. Justin, Martyr — Alleluia, See Ephesians 1:17-18

10 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).