---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Ephesians from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 1
verse_count: 23
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Ephesians, chap. 1, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Ephesians 1

*Redemption through Christ— The dispensation of the, fulness of times Sealing of the Spirit.'*

**1** Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
**2** Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
**3** Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ;
**4** According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love;
**5** Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
**6** To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved;
**7** In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
**8** Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
**9** Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself;
**10** That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him;
**11** In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will;
**12** That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
**13** In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also, after that yc believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,
**14** Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
**15** Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
**16** Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
**17** That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
**18** The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
**19** And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
**20** Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
**21** Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to como:
**22** And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
**23** Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.