Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace - God's undeserved favour.
Peace - to man, resulting from God's "grace." "Mercy" is added in the letters to pastors individually (; ; ).
From God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus. There being but one preposition, implies how closely united are the Father and Jesus.
Verse Ephesians 1:2. _GRACE BE TO YOU_] Romans 1:7, Romans 1:7....
GRACE TO YOU, ... - see the notes, Romans 1:7....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE MASTERWORK OF GOD (1-3) 1. The Godhead at Work CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Ephesians 1:1)_ 2. The great doxology (Ephesians 1:3) 3. The work of the Father ...
This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, to God's consecrated people who live in Ephesus and who are faithful in Jesus Christ. Grace be to you, and peace from G...
This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, to God's consecrated people who live in Ephesus and who are faithful in Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace from Go...
THE PURPOSE OF GOD (Ephesians 1:1-14)...
GRACE. App-184. Occurs twelve times in Eph. FROM. App-104. FATHER. App-98. LORD. App-98....
_Grace_be _to you, and peace_ So in the opening words of Rom., 1 Cor., 2 Cor., Gal., Phil., Col., 1 Thess., 2 Thess., Philem., 1 Pet., 2 Pet., and Rev. In the Pastoral Epistles, and in 2 John, the rem...
ΧΆΡΙΣ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΚΑῚ ΕἸΡΉΝΗ. St Paul’s regular greeting, found also in 1 and 2 Peter. It is strengthened by the addition of ἔλεος in 1 and 2 Tim., 2 John. In Jude we find ἔλεος καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ�. Only in Jam...
1–14. The title in its earliest form is simplest: πρὸς Ἐφεσίους (אABK); with ἄρχεται prefixed (DEFG). The fuller title (τοῦ ἁγίου� L) Παύλου ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Ἐφεσίους occurs in LP....
ΧΆΡΙΣ (G5485) благодать, незаслуженная милость Бога (TDNT; NIDNTT; EDNT; СРР). ΕΙΡΉΝΗ (G1515) мир. Вероятно, надо понимать как_евр._ Shalom (שלום), обозначающее духовное благоденствие (Barth; Lincoln...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 1:1-14) Greeting; Ephesians 1:1-2. 1. By Paul. Ephesians 1:1. 2. To the saints at Ephesus. 3. To the faithful in Christ Jesus....
(1:2) "Grace and peace" are always found joined when reference is made to the believer and to the riches provided him/her through union with Jesus Christ. The most essential element of this verse is t...
1 The title "Christ Jesus" is the token of His exaltation; "Jesus Christ" refers us to His humiliation. "Christ Jesus" is used by Paul, especially in his later ministries. The words "in Ephesus" seem...
This is the usual salutation in the Pauline, as in the Petrine Epistles; 1 and 2 Timothy are exceptions. 3-14. This doxology or thanksgiving should be compared with that in 2 Corinthians 1:3. That is...
THANKSGIVING FOR BLESSINGS AND PRAYER FOR WISDOM 1, 2. The salutation. I. In the Salutations to the Colossians and to Philemon, written at the same time, 'Timothy the brother' is coupled with St. Paul...
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ ABOUT THIS LETTER The *apostle Paul wrote this letter when he was in a prison in Rome. He wrote it to people i...
[1. Introduction to the Epistle (Ephesians 1:1). (1) SALUTATION (Ephesians 1:1). (2) THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR — (_a_) _The election of the whole Church before the world began, by the predestinating...
GRACE BE TO YOU, AND PEACE. — On this, St. Paul’s all but invariable salutation in every Epistle (found also in the Epistles of St. Peter, 2 John, and Apocalypse), see Note on Romans 1:7. (2 _a._) In...
CHAPTER 1 THE INTRODUCTION THE WRITER AND READERS Ephesians 1:1 In passing from the Galatian to the Ephesian epistle we are conscious of entering a different atmosphere. We leave the region of cont...
_Address and Salutation_. In the form of his Epistles, especially in the opening address and in the conclusion, Paul follows the methods of letter writing which were customary in the ancient world, in...
χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη : _Grace to you and peace_. Supply εἴη, on the analogy of other optatives, _e.g._, in 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2; Jude 1:2. This is the Christian rendering of the greeting with whi...
OUR RICHES IN CHRIST Ephesians 1:1 This has been called the “Epistle of _In-ness,_ ”because it is so full of the preposition _in. Saints_ are flesh and blood like ourselves, and _we_ may be saints. T...
The theme of this letter is pre-eminently of the Church as the medium for the accomplishment of the divine purpose. Those addressed are described as "saints," and as "the faithful in Christ Jesus." Th...
Greetings Paul wrote this letter as one who was specially chosen and sent by the Lord himself (Acts 9:10-16). He wrote to the saints in Ephesus. A saint is one sanctified, or set apart, for God's serv...
(2) Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I detain the Reader at this verse only to remark, that when the Apostle pronounceth this blessing of grace and peac...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
The Chosen I. INTRODUCTION A. A Little History! 1. Written approx. 61 AD by the Apostle Paul during his Roman imprisonment. 2. There are several indications that this was a "circular" letter writt...
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ, having chosen us in Him. Chapter 1 unfolds (Ephesians 1:4-7) these blessings,...
GRACE BE TO YOU, AND PEACE FROM GOD,.... Romans 1:7....
Grace _be_ to you, and peace, from God our Father, and _from_ the Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 2. _Grace be to you, and peace_] These go fitly together; because we must seek our peace in the free grace an...
_Paul, an apostle by the will of God_ Not by any merit of my own; _to the saints_ Or _holy persons_, as τοις αγιοις properly signifies; _who are at Ephesus_ And in all the adjacent places: for this ep...
GRACE BE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD, OUR FATHER, AND FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. Paul opens this epistle in his usual manner. As an apostle of Christ Jesus, of the exalted Lord, whose Messiahship was p...
SALUTATION, PRAISE FOR THE BLESSINGS OF ETERNAL ELECTION, AND PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. Address and salutation:...
SALUTATION (vs.1-2) As an apostle of Jesus Christ, Paul writes this epistle as an authoritative communication from God. Indeed, his apostleship is "by the will of God." Nothing of his own or of any...
CHAPTER 1 The author of this letter is ___________. He is an apostle. The word apostle means ____________________. He states that he is not an apostle by his own choice. He is an apostle by the will o...
“GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST” “Grace”: “One of the leading words of the epistle. It is used 13 times” _(Vincent p. 363). _“And the Lord Jesus Christ”: By placi...
Ver. 2,3. BLESSED BE; i.e. thanked, praised. We bless God when we praise him for, and acknowledge him in, his excellencies or benefits. WHO HATH BLESSED US; hath vouchsafed or communicated, all spirit...
Ephesians 1:2 Grace G5485 you G5213 and G2532 peace G1515 from G575 God G2316 our G2257 Father G3962 and...
INTRODUCTION (1:1-2) ‘Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus.' As usual Paul begins by stating his credentials. H...
_Address and Greeting._ The Apostle, in all his Epistles, follows the custom of the times, which named the writer first, then the person or persons addressed, adding a brief greeting. All his designat...
Ephesians 1:1 In these words we have I. Paul's description of himself: "an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God." He was not appointed to his office through the intervention of the Church...
In this chapter, we see what Paul, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, has to say about the possessions and privileges of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:1. Paul, an apo...
Ephesians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,_ He was not made an apostle by man, neither did he take the office upon himself, but he was made an apostle by the will of God. E...
Ephesians 1:1. _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: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
Ephesians 1:1. _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: grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
Ephesians 1:1. _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: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
We frequently read this chapter and the whole of this Epistle because it has been well remarked that the Epistle to the Ephesians is a body of divinity in miniature. Here all the great doctrines of th...
The Epistle to the Ephesians is a complete Body of Divinity. In the first chapter you have the doctrines of the gospel; in the next, you have the experience of the Christians; and before the Epistle i...
CONTENTS: Believer's position in grace. The prayer for knowledge and power. CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The believer is vitally united to Jesus Christ by the indwelling S...
Ephesians 1:4. _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._ What words of consolation! The full soul of t...
MAY GOD. See note on Romans 1:7....
_Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus._ INTRODUCTORY GREETING In these words we have-- I. Paul’s description of himself. “An apostle of Jesus Chris...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:1 Introduction. Paul greets the believers in Ephesus (vv. Ephesians 1:1) and offers praise to God (vv....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 1:1. TO THE SAINTS.—Dismiss the commonly accepted meaning. Not men who by hard and rigorous methods have reached the heights where but few abide, but those w...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 1:1, EPHESIANS 1:2 ADDRESS AND SALUTATION. EPHESIANS 1:1...
Let's turn in our Bibles to Ephesians. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God (Ephesians 1:1), Now, if you were writing this epistle, take out the name Paul, and insert your name and the...
2 Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:3; Romans 1:7; Titus 1:4...
Grace. One of the leading words of the epistle. 166 It is used thirteen times....
CHRIST THE ALL IN ALL Ephesians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We cannot call Ephesians the Epistle of Paul. It was written by the Holy Ghost through Paul. The Holy Ghost came to take the things of Christ,...
These words may be considered two ways, 1. As. religious salutation, taken from the manner of the Jews, who expressed their desires for one another's well-doing, by wishing PEACE, that is, all kind of...