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Ephesians 1:15-20 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 1 · verses 15–20
15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17That 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: 18The 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, 19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,Ephesians 1:15-20 · King James Version
Ephesians 1:15-20 in context
13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17That 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:
18The 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,
19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21Far 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 come:
22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Commentary
Cross references
- Philemon 1:5
- Colossians 1:3-4
- Romans 1:8-9
- Isaiah 11:2
- James 3:17-18
- Colossians 1:9-10
- Proverbs 2:5
- 2 Peter 1:3
- Ephesians 3:18-19
- 2 Peter 3:18
- John 17:3
- Acts 26:18
Key words (Strong's)
- understandingdianoiathe mind as a faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring, understanding, mindG1271 →
- enlightenedphōtizōto give light, to shine, to enlighten, light up, illumine, to bring to light, render…G5461 →
- inheritanceklēronomiaan inheritance, property received by inheritance, what is given to one as a possession…G2817 →
- revelationapokalypsislaying bare, making naked, a disclosure of truth, instruction, concerning things before…G602 →
- exceedinghyperballōto surpass in throwing, to throw over or beyond any thing, to transcend, surpass, exceed…G5235 →
- greatnessmegethosgreatnessG3174 →
- mentionmneiaremembrance, memory, mentionG3417 →
- callingklēsisa calling, calling to, a call, invitation, to a feast, of the divine invitation to…G2821 →
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We have come to the last part of this chapter, which consists of Paul's earnest prayer to God in behalf of these Ephesians. We should pray for the persons for whom we give thanks. Our apostle blesses God for what he had done for them, and then he prays that he would do more for them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-23