Bible (Tyndale)/Ephesians

Chapter 1
Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the will of God. To the saynctes which are at Ephesus and to them which beleve on Iesus Christ. 

Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ. 

Blessed be God the father of oure lorde Iesus Christ which hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessinges in hevely thynges by Chryst 

accordynge as he had chosen vs in him before ye foudacio of ye worlde was layde that we shuld be saintes and without blame before him thorow loue. 

And ordeyned vs before thorow Iesus Christ to be heyres vnto him silfe accordinge to the pleasure of his will 

to ye prayse of the glorie of his grace where with he hath made vs accepted in the beloved. 

By whom we have redemption thorow his bloude euen the forgevenes of synnes accordynge to the riches of his grace 

which grace he shed on vs aboundantly in all wisdome and perceavaunce. 

<section begin="1:9"/>And hath openned vnto vs the mistery of his will accordinge to his pleasure and purposed the same in hym silfe <section end="1:9"/>

<section begin="1:10"/>to have it declared when the tyme were full come yt all thynges bothe ye thynges which are in heven and also the thynges which are in erthe shuld be gaddered togedder even in Christ: <section end="1:10"/>

<section begin="1:11"/>that is to saye in him in whom we are made heyres and were therto predestinate accordynge to the purpose of him which worketh all thinges after the purpose of his awne will: <section end="1:11"/>

<section begin="1:12"/>that we which before beleved in Christ shuld be vnto the prayse of his glory. <section end="1:12"/>

<section begin="1:13"/>In whom also ye (after that ye hearde the worde of trueth I meane the gospell of youre saluacio wherin ye beleved) were sealed with the holy sprete of promes <section end="1:13"/>

<section begin="1:14"/>which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce to redeme the purchased possession and that vnto the laude of his glory. <section end="1:14"/>

<section begin="1:15"/>Wherfore even I (after that I hearde of the fayth which ye have in the lorde Iesu and love vnto all the saynctes) <section end="1:15"/>

<section begin="1:16"/>cease not to geve thankes for you makynge mencion of you in my prayers <section end="1:16"/>

<section begin="1:17"/>that ye God of oure lorde Iesus Christ and the father of glory myght geve vnto you the sprete of wisdome and open to you the knowledge of him silfe <section end="1:17"/>

<section begin="1:18"/>and lighten the eyes of youre myndes yt ye myght knowe what that hope is where vnto he hath called you and what the riches of his glorious inheritaunce is apon the sainctes <section end="1:18"/>

<section begin="1:19"/>and what is the excedynge greatnes of his power to vs warde which beleve accordynge to the workynge of that his mighty power <section end="1:19"/>

<section begin="1:20"/>which he wrought in Christ when he raysed him from deeth and set him on his right honde in hevenly thynges <section end="1:20"/>

<section begin="1:21"/>above all rule power and myght and dominacion and above all names that are named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come: <section end="1:21"/>

<section begin="1:22"/>and hath put all thynges vnder his fete and hath made him aboue all thynges ye heed of ye congregacion <section end="1:22"/>

<section begin="1:23"/>which is his body and the fulnes of him that filleth all in all thynges. <section end="1:23"/>

Chapter 2
<section begin="2:1"/>And hath quickened you also that were deed in treaspasse and synne <section end="2:1"/>

<section begin="2:2"/>in ye which in tyme passed ye walked acordynge to the course of this worlde and after the governer that ruleth in the ayer the sprete yt now worketh in the children of vnbelefe <section end="2:2"/>

<section begin="2:3"/>amonge which we also had oure conversacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesshe and fullfilled the will of the flesshe and of the mynde: and were naturally the children of wrath even as wel as other. <section end="2:3"/>

<section begin="2:4"/>But God which is rich in mercy thorow his greate love wherwith he loved vs <section end="2:4"/>

<section begin="2:5"/>even when we were deed by synne hath quickened vs together in Christ (for by grace are ye saved) <section end="2:5"/>

<section begin="2:6"/>and hath raysed vs vp together and made vs sitte together in hevenly thynges thorow Christ Iesus <section end="2:6"/>

<section begin="2:7"/>for to shewe in tymes to come the excedynge ryches of his grace in kyndnes to vs warde in Christ Iesu. <section end="2:7"/>

<section begin="2:8"/>For by grace are ye made safe thorowe fayth and that not of youre selves. For it is the gyfte of God <section end="2:8"/>

<section begin="2:9"/>and commeth not of workes lest eny man shuld bost him silfe. <section end="2:9"/>

<section begin="2:10"/>For we are his worckmanshippe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes vnto the which god ordeyned vs before that we shuld walke in them. <section end="2:10"/>

<section begin="2:11"/>Wherfore remeber yt ye beynge in tyme passed getyls in ye flesshe and were called vncircucision to the which are called circucisio in the flesshe which circucision is made by hondes: <section end="2:11"/>

<section begin="2:12"/>Remeber I saye yt ye were at that tyme wt oute Christ and were reputed aliantes from the comen welth of Israel and were straugers fro the testamentes of promes and had no hope and were with out god in this worlde. <section end="2:12"/>

<section begin="2:13"/>But now in Christ Iesu ye which a whyle agoo were farre of are made nye by ye bloude of Christ. <section end="2:13"/>

<section begin="2:14"/>For he is oure peace whych hath made of both one and hath broken doune the wall yt was a stoppe bitwene vs <section end="2:14"/>

<section begin="2:15"/>and hath also put awaye thorow his flesshe the cause of hatred (that is to saye the lawe of commaundementes contayned in the lawe written) for to make of twayne one newe ma in him silfe so makynge peace: <section end="2:15"/>

<section begin="2:16"/>and to recocile both vnto god in one body thorow his crosse and slewe hatred therby: <section end="2:16"/>

<section begin="2:17"/>and came and preached peace to you which were afarre of and to them that were nye. <section end="2:17"/>

<section begin="2:18"/>For thorow him we both have an open waye in in one sprete vnto the father. <section end="2:18"/>

<section begin="2:19"/>Now therfore ye are no moare straugers and foreners: but citesyns with the saynctes and of the housholde of god: <section end="2:19"/>

<section begin="2:20"/>and are bilt apon the foundacion of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christ beynge the heed corner stone <section end="2:20"/>

<section begin="2:21"/>in whom every bildynge coupled togedder groweth vnto an holy temple in ye lorde <section end="2:21"/>

<section begin="2:22"/>in who ye also are bilt togedder and made an habitacio for god in the sprete. <section end="2:22"/>

Chapter 3
<section begin="3:1"/>For this cause I Paul a in ye bodes of Iesus christ for youre sakes which are hethen: <section end="3:1"/>

<section begin="3:2"/>Yf ye have hearde of the ministracion of the grace of god which is geven me to you warde. <section end="3:2"/>

<section begin="3:3"/>For by revelacion shewed he this mistery vnto me as I wrote above in feawe wordes <section end="3:3"/>

<section begin="3:4"/>wher by when ye rede ye maye knowe myne vnderstondynge in the mistery of Christ <section end="3:4"/>

<section begin="3:5"/>which mistery in tymes passed was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is nowe declared vnto his holy apostles and prophetes by the sprete: <section end="3:5"/>

<section begin="3:6"/>that the gentyls shuld be inheritours also and of the same body and partakers of his promis yt is in Christ by ye meanes of the gospell <section end="3:6"/>

<section begin="3:7"/>whereof I am made a minister by the gyfte of the grace of god geve vnto me thorow ye workynge of his power. <section end="3:7"/>

<section begin="3:8"/>Vnto me the lest of all sayntes is this grace geven that I shuld preache amonge the gentyls the unsearchable ryches of Christ <section end="3:8"/>

<section begin="3:9"/>and to make all men se what the felyshippe of the mistery is which from the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hid in God which made all thynges thorow Iesus Christ <section end="3:9"/>

<section begin="3:10"/>to the intent that now vnto the rulars and powers in heven myght be knowe by the cogregacion ye many folde wisdome of god <section end="3:10"/>

<section begin="3:11"/>accordinge to ye eternall purpose which he purposed in Christ Iesu oure lorde <section end="3:11"/>

<section begin="3:12"/>by who we are bolde to drawe nye in ye trust which we have by faith on hi <section end="3:12"/>

<section begin="3:13"/>Wherfore I desire yt ye faynt not because of my trybulacios for youre sakes: which is youre prayse. <section end="3:13"/>

<section begin="3:14"/>For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure lorde Iesus Christ <section end="3:14"/>

<section begin="3:15"/>which is father over all that ys called father In heven and in erth <section end="3:15"/>

<section begin="3:16"/>that he wolde graunt you acordynge to the ryches of his glory that ye maye be strenghted with myght by his sprete in the inner man <section end="3:16"/>

<section begin="3:17"/>yt Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by fayth yt ye beynge roted and grounded in loue <section end="3:17"/>

<section begin="3:18"/>myght be able to comprehende with all sayntes what ys that bredth aud length deepth and heyth: <section end="3:18"/>

<section begin="3:19"/>and to knowe what is the love of Christ which love passeth knowledge: that ye might be fulfilled with all manner of fulnes which commeth of God. <section end="3:19"/>

<section begin="3:20"/>Vnto him that is able to do excedynge aboudantly above all that we axe or thynke accordynge to the power that worketh in vs <section end="3:20"/>

<section begin="3:21"/>be prayse in the congregacion by Iesus Christ thorow out all generacios from tyme to tyme Amen. <section end="3:21"/>

Chapter 4
<section begin="4:1"/>I therfore which am in bondes for the lordes sake exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called <section end="4:1"/>

<section begin="4:2"/>in all humblenes of mynde and meknes and longe sufferynge forbearinge one another thorowe love <section end="4:2"/>

<section begin="4:3"/>and that ye be dyliget to kepe ye vnitie of ye sprete in the bonde of peace <section end="4:3"/>

<section begin="4:4"/>beynge one body and one sprete eve as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge. <section end="4:4"/>

<section begin="4:5"/>Let ther be but one lorde one fayth one baptim: <section end="4:5"/>

<section begin="4:6"/>one god and father of all which is above all thorow all and in you all. <section end="4:6"/>

<section begin="4:7"/>Vnto every one of vs is geven grace acordinge to the measure of ye gyft of christ. <section end="4:7"/>

<section begin="4:8"/>Wherfore he sayth: He is gone vp an hye and hath ledde captivitie captive and hath geven gyftes vnto men. <section end="4:8"/>

<section begin="4:9"/>That he ascended: what meaneth it but that he also descended fyrst into the lowest parties of the erth? <section end="4:9"/>

<section begin="4:10"/>He that descended is even the same also that ascended vp even above all hevens to fulfill all thinges. <section end="4:10"/>

<section begin="4:11"/>And the very same made some Apostles some prophetes some Evangelistes some Sheperdes some Teachers: <section end="4:11"/>

<section begin="4:12"/>yt the sainctes might have all thinges necessarie to worke and minister with all to the edifyinge of the body of christ <section end="4:12"/>

<section begin="4:13"/>tyll we every one (in the vnitie of fayth and knowledge of the sonne of god) growe vp vnto a parfayte man after ye measure of age of the fulnes of Christ. <section end="4:13"/>

<section begin="4:14"/>That we hence forth be no moare chyldren wauerynge and caryed with every wynde of doctryne by the wylynes of men and craftynes wherby they laye a wayte for vs to deceave vs. <section end="4:14"/>

<section begin="4:15"/>But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thynges growe in him which is the heed that ys to saye Christ <section end="4:15"/>

<section begin="4:16"/>in whom all the body ys coupled and knet togedder in every ioynt wherwith one ministreth to another (accordinge to the operacion as every parte hath his measure) and increaseth the body vnto the edyfyinge of it silfe in love. <section end="4:16"/>

<section begin="4:17"/>This I saye therfore and testifie in ye lorde that ye hence forth walke not as other gentyls walke in vanitie of their mynde <section end="4:17"/>

<section begin="4:18"/>blynded in their vnderstondynge beynge straungers from the lyfe which is in god thorow the ignorancy that is in them because of the blyndnes of their hertes: <section end="4:18"/>

<section begin="4:19"/>which beynge past repentaunce have geven them selves vnto wantannes to worke all manner of vnclennes even with gredynes. <section end="4:19"/>

<section begin="4:20"/>But ye have not so learned Christ <section end="4:20"/>

<section begin="4:21"/>if so be ye have hearde of him and are taught in him even as the trueth is in Iesu. <section end="4:21"/>

<section begin="4:22"/>So then as concernynge the coversacion in tyme past laye from you that olde ma which is corrupte thorow the deceavable lustes <section end="4:22"/>

<section begin="4:23"/>and be ye renued in the sprete of youre myndes <section end="4:23"/>

<section begin="4:24"/>and put on that newe man which after the ymage of God is shapen in ryghtewesnes and true holynes. <section end="4:24"/>

<section begin="4:25"/>Wherfore put awaye lyinge and speake every man truth vnto his neghbour for as moche as we are members one of another. <section end="4:25"/>

<section begin="4:26"/>Be angrye but synne not let not the sonne go doune apon your wrathe <section end="4:26"/>

<section begin="4:27"/>nether geue place vnto ye backbyter. <section end="4:27"/>

<section begin="4:28"/>Let him yt stole steale no moare but let him rather laboure with his hondes some good thinge that he maye have to geve vnto him that nedeth. <section end="4:28"/>

<section begin="4:29"/>Let no filthy comunicacion procede out of youre mouthes: but yt whych is good to edefye with all when nede ys: that it maye have faveour with the hearers. <section end="4:29"/>

<section begin="4:30"/>And greve not the holy sprete of God by whome ye are sealed vnto the daye of redempcion. <section end="4:30"/>

<section begin="4:31"/>Let all bitternes fearsnes and wrath rorynge and cursyd speakynge be put awaye from you with all maliciousnes. <section end="4:31"/>

<section begin="4:32"/>Be ye courteouse one to another and mercifull forgevynge one another eve as god for Christes sake forgave you. <section end="4:32"/>

Chapter 5
<section begin="5:1"/>Be ye folowers of god as dere children <section end="5:1"/>

<section begin="5:2"/>and walke in love even as Christ loved vs and gave him silfe for vs an offerynge and a sacrifyce of a swete saver to god. <section end="5:2"/>

<section begin="5:3"/>So that fornicacion and all vnclennes or coveteousnes be not once named amonge you as it be commeth saynctes: <section end="5:3"/>

<section begin="5:4"/>nether filthynes nether folishe talkyng nether gestinge which are not comly: but rather gevynge of thankes <section end="5:4"/>

<section begin="5:5"/>For this ye knowe yt no whormonger other vnclene person or coveteous person which is the worshipper of ymages hath eny inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God. <section end="5:5"/>

<section begin="5:6"/>Let no ma deceave you with vayne wordes. For thorow soche thinges cometh the wrath of God vpon the chyldre of vnbelefe. <section end="5:6"/>

<section begin="5:7"/>Be not therfore companions with them. <section end="5:7"/>

<section begin="5:8"/>Ye were once dercknes but are now light in the Lorde. Walke as chyldren of light. <section end="5:8"/>

<section begin="5:9"/>For the frute of the sprete is in all goodnes rightewesnes and trueth. <section end="5:9"/>

<section begin="5:10"/>Accept that which is pleasinge to the Lorde: <section end="5:10"/>

<section begin="5:11"/>and have no fellishippe with the vnfrutfull workes of dercknes: but rather rebuke them. <section end="5:11"/>

<section begin="5:12"/>For it is shame even to name those thinges which are done of them in secrete: <section end="5:12"/>

<section begin="5:13"/>but all thinges when they are rebuked of the light are manifest. For whatsoever is manifest that same is light. <section end="5:13"/>

<section begin="5:14"/>Wherfore he sayth: awake thou that slepest and stond vp from deeth and Christ shall geve the light. <section end="5:14"/>

<section begin="5:15"/>Take hede therfore that ye walke circuspectly: not as foles: but as wyse <section end="5:15"/>

<section begin="5:16"/>redemynge the tyme: for ye dayes are evyll. <section end="5:16"/>

<section begin="5:17"/>Wherfore be ye not vnwyse but vnderstonde what the will of the Lorde is <section end="5:17"/>

<section begin="5:18"/>and be not dronke with wyne wherin is excesse: but be fulfilled with the sprete <section end="5:18"/>

<section begin="5:19"/>speakynge vnto youre selves in psalmes and ymnes and spretuall songes synginge and makinge melodie to ye Lorde in youre hertes <section end="5:19"/>

<section begin="5:20"/>gevinge thankes all wayes for all thinges vnto God the father in the name of oure Lorde Iesu Christ: <section end="5:20"/>

<section begin="5:21"/>submittinge youre selves one to another in the feare of God. <section end="5:21"/>

<section begin="5:22"/>Wemen submit youre selves vnto youre awne husbandes as vnto the Lorde. <section end="5:22"/>

<section begin="5:23"/>For the husbande is the wyves heed even as Christ is the heed of the congregacion and the same is the saveoure of the body. <section end="5:23"/>

<section begin="5:24"/>Therfore as the cogregacion is in subieccion to Christ lykwyse let the wyves be in subieccion to their husbandes in all thinges. <section end="5:24"/>

<section begin="5:25"/>Husbandes love youre wyves even as Christ loved the congregacion and gave him silfe for it <section end="5:25"/>

<section begin="5:26"/>to sanctifie it and clensed it in the fountayne of water thorow the worde <section end="5:26"/>

<section begin="5:27"/>to make it vnto him selfe a glorious congregacion with oute spot or wrynckle or eny soche thinge: but that it shuld be holy and with out blame. <section end="5:27"/>

<section begin="5:28"/>So ought men to love their wyves as their awne bodyes. He that loveth his wyfe loveth him sylfe. <section end="5:28"/>

<section begin="5:29"/>For no ma ever yet hated his awne flesshe: but norissheth and cherisseth it even as the lorde doth the congregacion. <section end="5:29"/>

<section begin="5:30"/>For we are members of his body of his flesshe and of his bones. <section end="5:30"/>

<section begin="5:31"/>For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cotinue with his wyfe and two shalbe made one flesshe. <section end="5:31"/>

<section begin="5:32"/>This is a great secrete but I speake bitwene Christ and the cogregacion. <section end="5:32"/>

<section begin="5:33"/>Neverthelesse do ye so that every one of you love his wyfe truely even as him silfe. And let ye wyfe se that she feare her husbade. <section end="5:33"/>

Chapter 6
<section begin="6:1"/>Chyldren obey youre fathers and mothers in the Lorde: for so is it right. <section end="6:1"/>

<section begin="6:2"/>Honoure thy father and mother that is the fyrst commaundement that hath eny promes <section end="6:2"/>

<section begin="6:3"/>that thou mayst be in good estate and lyve longe on the erthe. <section end="6:3"/>

<section begin="6:4"/>And ye fathers move not youre children to wrath: but bringe the vp wt the norter and informacio of ye Lorde. <section end="6:4"/>

<section begin="6:5"/>Servautes be obedient vnto youre carnall masters with feare and trimblinge in singlenes of youre hertes as vnto Christ: <section end="6:5"/>

<section begin="6:6"/>not wt service in ye eye sight as men pleasars: but as the servautes of Christ doynge ye will of God fro the herte <section end="6:6"/>

<section begin="6:7"/>with good will servinge ye Lorde and not men. <section end="6:7"/>

<section begin="6:8"/>And remember that whatsoever good thinge eny man doeth that shall he receave agayne of the Lorde whether he be bonde or fre. <section end="6:8"/>

<section begin="6:9"/>And ye masters do eve the same thinges vnto them puttinge awaye threateninges: and remember that even youre master also is in heven nether is ther eny respecte of person with him. <section end="6:9"/>

<section begin="6:10"/>Finally my brethre be stronge in the Lorde and in the power of his myght. <section end="6:10"/>

<section begin="6:11"/>Put on ye armour of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst ye crafty assautes of the devyll. <section end="6:11"/>

<section begin="6:12"/>For we wrestle not agaynst flesshe and bloud: but agaynst rule agaynst power and agaynst worldy rulars of ye darckenes of this worlde agaynst spretuall wickednes for hevenly thinges. <section end="6:12"/>

<section begin="6:13"/>For this cause take vnto you the armoure of God yt ye maye be able to resist in the evyll daye and to stonde perfect in all thinges. <section end="6:13"/>

<section begin="6:14"/>Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrd aboute with veritie havinge on the brest plate of rightewesnes <section end="6:14"/>

<section begin="6:15"/>and shood with showes prepared by the gospell of peace. <section end="6:15"/>

<section begin="6:16"/>Above all take to you the shelde of fayth wherwith ye maye quenche all ye fyrie dartes of the wicked. <section end="6:16"/>

<section begin="6:17"/>And take the helmet of salvacio and the swearde of the sprete which is the worde of God. <section end="6:17"/>

<section begin="6:18"/>And praye all wayes with all maner prayer and supplicacio: and yt in the sprete: and watch thervnto wt all instance and supplicacio for all saynctes <section end="6:18"/>

<section begin="6:19"/>and for me that vttraunce maye be geve vnto me that I maye open my mouth boldly to vtter the secretes of the gospell <section end="6:19"/>

<section begin="6:20"/>whereof I am a messenger in bondes that therin I maye speake frely as it becommeth me to speake. <section end="6:20"/>

<section begin="6:21"/>But that ye maye also knowe what condicion I am in and what I do Tichicus my deare brother and faythfull minister in the Lorde shall shewe you of all thinges <section end="6:21"/>

<section begin="6:22"/>whom I sent vnto you for the same purpose that ye myght knowe what case I stonde in and that he myght comfort youre hertes. <section end="6:22"/>

<section begin="6:23"/>Peace be with the brethren and love with fayth from God the father and from the Lorde Iesu Christ. <section end="6:23"/>

<section begin="6:24"/>Grace be with all them which love oure lorde Iesus Christ in puernes. Ame <section end="6:24"/>