Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ephesians 1:8
In all wisdom — Manifested by God in the whole scheme of our salvation. And prudence — Which be hath wrought in us, that we may know and do all his acceptable and perfect will.
In all wisdom — Manifested by God in the whole scheme of our salvation. And prudence — Which be hath wrought in us, that we may know and do all his acceptable and perfect will.
Verse 8. _WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED_] That is, in the dispensation of mercy and goodness by Christ Jesus. _IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE_] Giving us apostles the most complete instructions in heavenly t...
WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED - Which he has liberally manifested to us This grace has not been stinted and confined, but has been liberal and abundant. IN ALL WISDOM - That is, he has evinced great wisdom...
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...
For it is in him that we have a deliverance which cost his life; in him we have received the forgiveness of sins, which only the wealth of his grace could give, a grace which he gave us in abundant su...
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...
HATH. Omit. TOWARD. Greek. _eis_. App-104. PRUDENCE. Greek. _phronesis._ Only here and Luke 1:17....
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...
_Wherein he hath abounded_ Better, probably, WHICH HE MADE TO ABOUND; at the time of manifestation and impartation, the great crisis of the Gospel proclamation. This time-reference is fixed by the nex...
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...
ἯΣ ἘΠΕΡΊΣΣΕΥΣΕΝ, attr. for ἣν ἐπ. ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΩ is transitive as in 2 Corinthians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 9:8; 1 Thessalonians 3:12 This construction is peculiar to St Paul in the Greek Bible....
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....
ΗΣ (G3739), _см._ Ephesians 1:6. _Gen._ по аттракции, вместо асс; таким образом, это дополнение следующего гл. ΈΠΕΡΊΣΣΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΩ (G4052) переливать через край, изобиловать, Φ...
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...
DISCOURSE: 2093 THE WISDOM OF GOD IN REDEMPTION Ephesians 1:7. _In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded t...
IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE,— Having, with infinite wisdom, contrived a wayto glorify _all his attributes_ in the salvation of men,—even _those_ who seemed to have themost different claims; dispensing...
_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....
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Ellicott, 'Which He made to abound toward us' [ hees (G3757) eperisseusen (G4052)]: the transitive is the more common meaning. ALL WI...
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...
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...
WISDOM AND PRUDENCE] These are the fruits of God's grace in us; insight into His counsels and consequent wise conduct: in all = in giving us all, etc....
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...
WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARD US IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE. — It should be, _which He made to overflow to us in all wisdom and prudence_ — the word “overflow” having an emphasis which our word “abo...
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...
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...
ἦς ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς ἡμᾶς : _which he made to abound towards us_. Both in profane and Biblical Greek περισσεύειν is usually intrans. It is so used in the vast majority of cases in the Pauline Epistles...
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...
Redeemed A redemption price is paid to buy something back. As Lipscomb says, in this case it is to rescue from bondage to the devil. It is in Christ and through his blood particularly, that we find re...
(12) (k) Wherein he hath abounded toward us in (l) all wisdom and prudence; (12) Now he comes at length to the formal cause, that is to say, to vocation or preaching of the Gospel, by which God execu...
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...
_In all wisdom and prudence; which may be either referred to the wisdom and prudence of God, the giver of grace, or to the gifts of wisdom and prudence bestowed upon the elect. (Witham)_...
(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: In those ver...
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...
8._In all wisdom. _He now comes to the formal cause, the preaching of the gospel, by which the goodness of God _overflows upon us. _(113) It is through faith that we receive Christ, by whom we come to...
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,...
WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARD US,.... That is, in the grace which is so abundantly displayed in redemption and forgiveness of sin, through the blood of Christ: IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE; this may...
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Ver. 8. _In all wisdom and prudence_] That properly respecteth contemplation, this action. Socrates made no distinction between them. Fo...
_In_, or by, _whom we have redemption_ By price and by power, are bought and delivered from the guilt and dominion of sin, the tyranny of Satan, and the final displeasure and wrath of God. _Through hi...
IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE; in the bestowal upon us of all wisdom and understanding in spiritual things, as he goes on to show in the next verse. Others refer these words to God's wisdom and prudence...
The manifestation of God's grace according to His counsel:...
WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARD US IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE;...
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...
“WHICH HE MADE TO ABOUND TOWARD US IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE” “Which”: The riches of His grace just mentioned. “HE MADE”: God took the initiative. “ABOUND TOWARD US”: “Which He lavished upon us” (NA...
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...
WHEREIN, in which grace before mentioned, HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARD US; i.e. out of abundance of grace in himself, (called _riches of grace,_ EPHESIANS 1:7), he hath bestowed upon us wisdom and prudence...
Ephesians 1:8 which G3739 abound G4052 (G5656) toward G1519 us G2248 in G1722 all G3956 wisdom G4678 and...
‘In whom we have our redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses. According to the riches of His grace which he made to abound towards us in all wisdom and prudence.' And it has al...
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...
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 1:8. WHICH HE CAUSED TO ABOUND TOWARD (lit, ‘into') US. ‘Which' is preferable to ‘wherein,' or, ‘wherewith'; the grace itself was made to flow abundantly to us, in fact into us as the subjec...
ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GRACE (κατα το πλουτος της χαριτος αυτου). A thoroughly Pauline phrase, riches of kindness (Romans 2:4), riches of glory (Colossians 1:27; Ephesians 3:16;...
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 1:1. _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...
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...
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...
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...
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,_ 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...
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...
IN SUCH LARGE MEASURE! "Rather than only revealing his secret to a very few, God gave us his grace in a measure beyond our imagination!!!" Compare 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 4:18 and notes....
_Wherein He hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence._ GOD’S GRACE IN REDEMPTION I. From the words before us, the first observation we would make is that the grace of God in redemption is a...
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 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 2:7; Colossians 2:3; Daniel 2:20;...
Wherein He hath abounded [η ς ε π ε ρ ι σ σ ε υ σ ε ν]. Rev., correctly, which He made to abound. The verb is used both transitively and intransitively in the New Testament. The transitive use belongs...
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,...
That is, in which dispensation of his, namely, our redemption from sin and wrath by the blood of his Son, God the Father hath discovered abundant wisdom, wonderful wisdom, riches of divine wisdom, to...