Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of the glory of his grace — His glorious, free love without any desert on our part.
To the praise of the glory of his grace — His glorious, free love without any desert on our part.
EPHESIANS 1:6 h-j The Textus Receptus, following ac D G K L y most minuscules itd, g vg syrh goth, substitutes evn h|- for h-j. The latter reading was preferred by a majority of the...
Verse Ephesians 1:6. _TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE_] Δοξης της χαριτος αὑτου· _The glory of his grace_, for χαρις ενδοξος, _his_ _glorious_ or _illustrious grace_, according to the Hebrew...
TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE - This is a Hebraism, and means the same as “to his glorious grace.” The object was to excite thanksgiving for his glorious grace manifested in electing love. T...
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 ...
A PARAGRAPH OF PRAISE. God, who is also the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is thanked for the blessings embracing every form of spiritual riches bestowed through their mystical relationship to Chris...
He determined in his love before time began to adopt us to himself through Jesus Christ, in the good purpose of his will, so that all might praise the glory of the generous gift which he freely gave u...
THE PURPOSE OF GOD (Ephesians 1:1-14)...
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...
PRAISE. See Romans 2:29. GLORY. Greek. _doxa._ See p. 1511. WHEREIN. The texts read which. MADE... ACCEPTED. literally en-graced. App-184. Compare Luke 1:28. BELOVED. App-135. Compare Matthe
_To the praise_, &c. I. e., that the _grace_of Redemption might be adored and _praised_in respect of that _glory_of God which is the harmony of His attributes, His Character. See Romans 3:23 and note...
Ascription of Praise, in view of the Election and Redemption of the Saints 3. _Blessed_be _the God_, &c. The same Benediction occurs (verbatim in the Greek, nearly so in A. V.), 2 Corinthians 1:3; 1 P...
ΕἸΣ ἜΠΑΙΝΟΝ ΔΌΞΗΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ΧΆΡΙΤΟΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. Cf. Ephesians 1:12; Ephesians 1:14; Philippians 1:11; 1 Peter 1:7. See Lightfoot and Hort ll. cc. ‘T
Ephesians 1:3-14. AN ASCRIPTION OF BLESSING TO GOD The Epistle opens with an act of adoration in view of the eternal purpose of God now made known to men. The stages in the revelation of that purpose...
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....
ΈΠΑΙΝΟΣ (G1868) хвала, ΔΌΞΗΣ _gen. от_ ΔΌΞΑ (G1391) слава, почет, уважение (TLNT; TDNT; GELTS, 119). Obj. _gen._, восхваление совершенства Бога, Его природы и деятельности (TLNT). ΧΆΡΙΤΟΣ _gen. sing...
DISCOURSE: 2092 THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS SOVEREIGN GRACE AND MERCY Ephesians 1:3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly plac...
WHEREIN HE HATH MADE US ACCEPTED— Nothing can be imagined of greater force to raise the minds of the Ephesians above the Jewish ritual, and to keep them steady in the freedom of the gospel, than what...
_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....
(1:6) "Grace" speaks of God's provision for us in time as well as in eternity. We are not left to struggle here on the basis of our own human ingenuity or physical resources. Neither does He leave us...
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. (Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 1:17.) The grand end of His predestination (Ps. 1:23 ) - i:e., that the glory of...
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...
1:6 favour (f-16) 'Taken us into his favour,' i.e. 'put us into a position of grace and favour.' The Greek word is used here and Luke 1:28 . 'Accepted us' is too formal a doctrine here. 'Shown us gra...
TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY] This phrase comes thrice, as a sort of refrain: cp. Ephesians 1:12; Ephesians 1:14. God's amazing bounty is a glory to be ceaselessly praised....
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...
TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE. — That is, for the acknowledgment by all God’s creatures of the gloriousness of His grace; or, in other words, for the acknowledgment that God’s essential glor...
[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...
CHAPTER 3 THE BESTOWMENT OF GRACE Ephesians 1:6 THE blessedness of men in Christ is not matter of purpose only, but of reality and experience. With the word grace in the middle of the sixth verse th...
CHAPTER 2 THE ETERNAL PURPOSE Ephesians 1:3 WE enter this epistle through magnificent gateway. The introductory Act of Praise, extending from verse 3 to 14, Ephesians 1:3 is one of the most sublime...
εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ : _to the praise of the glory of his grace_. Twice again in the same context we have the phrase “to the praise of his glory” (Ephesians 1:12; Ephesians 1:14). Here...
DOXOLOGY, OR ASCRIPTION OF PRAISE TO GOD FOR THE BLESSINGS OF HIS LOVE AND GRACE. This extends over six verses, in one magnificent sentence intricately yet skilfully constructed, throbbing in each cla...
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...
God's Sons By Adoption Under Roman law, a Roman citizen could take one not his child by birth and make him his child through a legal act properly attested to and witnessed. The child would thereby gai...
(9) To the (i) praise of the glory of his grace, (10) wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. (9) The uttermost and chiefest final cause is the glory of God the Father, who saves us freely i...
_To the praise of the glory of his grace; i.e. unto the glorious praise or commendation of his grace. (Witham)_...
As by his eternal decree, according to the _purpose of his good will and pleasure, he hath made choice of us to be his adoptive sons, and predestinated us to be saved and glorified by the merits and g...
(3) В¶ 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 found...
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,...
TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE,.... The grace of God manifestly appears in the predestination of men to adoption; in that God had no need of sons, he having a dear and well beloved one; in wh...
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. Ver. 6. _To the praise of the glory_] This is the end whereunto it is destined; and hence it is called predes...
_Blessed be God, who hath blessed us_ God's blessing us is his bestowing spiritual and heavenly blessings upon us. Our blessing God is the paying him our solemn and grateful acknowledgments, both on a...
ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED; namely, in Christ....
Doxology to God for the blessings of His love and grace:...
TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE. Few passages in the Bible surpass these verses in lofty and sustained solemnity. The apostle's words are arrayed in stately grandeur: Blessed the God and Fathe...
The manifestation of God's grace according to His counsel:...
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...
“TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE, WHICH HE FREELY BESTOWED ON US IN THE BELOVED”_ _ “To the praise of the glory of His grace”: AN OFT REPEATED EXPRESSION IN THIS SECTION (EPHESIANS 1:12). “TH...
3-8 Spiritual and heavenly blessings are the best blessings; with which we cannot be miserable, and without which we cannot but be so. This was from the choice of them in Christ, before the foundatio...
TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE: _glory of his grace, _ by a usual Hebraism, for glorious grace, i.e. large, abundant, admirable. The praise of this grace the apostle makes the end of God's ch...
Ephesians 1:6 to G1519 praise G1868 glory G1391 His G846 grace G5485 by G1722 which G3739 made G5487 us...
‘To the praise of the glory of His grace with which He freely engraced us in the Beloved.' This activity of God will result in the praise of His glorious grace. All universes, if such there be, will w...
I. THE CHURCH CHOSEN IN CHRIST, THE HEAD OF THE BODY. This chapter is made up of two parts: the _first_ (Ephesians 1:3-14), an ascription of praise for spiritual blessings in Christ; the _second_ (Eph...
Ephesians 1:6. UNTO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE. This is the refrain of the passage. The election and predestination were not only in accordance with God's freedom, but also for this end: tha...
I. _Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ._ Ephesians 1:3-14 form but one sentence, so heaped up in thought and so involved in construction as to well-nigh baffle all attempts at exact analysis. Th...
TO THE PRAISE (εις επαινον). Note the prepositions in this sentence.WHICH (ης). Genitive case of the relative ην (cognate accusative with εχαριτωσεν (he freely bestowed), late verb χαριτοω (from...
Ephesians 1:5 The Final Restoration of all Things. There are several passages in the New Testament and this is one of them which make it clear that the Divine mercy is ultimately to achieve a complet...
Ephesians 1:5 Regeneration and Sonship in Christ. We have now to consider that original and central Divine purpose which explains and includes all that the infinite love of God has done for our race...
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...
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...
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...
FOR HIS GLORIOUS GRACE! "We praise God for his goodness which he displayed to us in the free gift of life which he gave us in his dear son!...
_To the praise of the glory of His grace._ GOD’S GLORY IN MAN’S SALVATION 1. All that God did from eternity intend about man has no end but His own glory. The reason is plain. God, who is wisdom itse...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:6 God’s ultimate purpose is the PRAISE of his glorious name through redemption (see vv. Ephesians 1:12,...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:3 In the original Greek, this section is one long, elegant sentence. Paul shows that the triune God began and completed reconciliation and redemption of the world for the...
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 1:3. BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER.—The Hebrew form for “hallowing the Name” was, “The Holy One, blessed be He.” The Prayer Book version of Psalm c. gives, “...
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...
1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Timothy 1:14; 2 Corin
To the praise of the glory of His grace. The ultimate aim of foreordained. Glory is an attribute of grace : that in which grace grandly and resplendently displays itself. Praise is called forth from t...
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,...