APOSTLE. App-189. JESUS CHRIST. The texts read Christ Jesus (App-98). WILL. App-102. GOD. App-98. SAINTS. See Acts 9:13; 1 Corinthians 1:2. AT. App-104. EPHESUS. See Introductory Notes. FAITHFUL. App-150. IN. Same as at, above. CHRIST JESUS. As above.... [ Continue Reading ]
GRACE. App-184. Occurs twelve times in Eph. FROM. App-104. FATHER. App-98. LORD. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED, &C. Compare 2 Corinthians 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3. Always applied to God. LORD. App-98. HATH. having. Note the use and importance of aorist participles throughout this section. WITH. App-104. ALL. every. SPIRITUAL. See 1 Corinthians 12:1. BLESSINGS. blessing (singular) Greek. _eulogia._ See... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING. Even. HATH CHOSEN. chose out. Greek. _eklegomai._ Compare Acts 1:2. BEFORE. App-104. FOUNDATION. App-146. WORLD. App-129. Compare 2 Timothy 1:9. WITHOUT BLAME. Greek. _amomos._ Here; Ephesians 5:27; Colossians 1:22.Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19; Jude 1:24. [ Continue Reading ]
PREDESTINATED. foreordained. Greek. _proorizo._ See Acts 4:28; Romans 8:29. UNTO, TO. Greek. _eis_. App-104. ADOPTION OF CHILDREN. Greek. _huiothesia._ See Romans 8:15. Compare App-108. ACCORDING TO. Greek. _kata._ App-104. GOOD PLEASURE. Greek. _eudokia._ See Romans 10:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5. &c. and see App-99.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE HAVE. Compare Romans 5:1. REDEMPTION. the redemption. See Romans 3:24; Romans 5:1. THROUGH. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Ephesians 1:1. HIS BLOOD. The price of the redemption. Compare Acts 20:28. 1Co 6:20. 1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 1:19. &c. SINS. transgressions. App-128. RICHES, &C. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH. Omit. TOWARD. Greek. _eis_. App-104. PRUDENCE. Greek. _phronesis._ Only here and Luke 1:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVING MADE KNOWN. Greek. _gnorizo._ As in Ephesians 3:3.Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:22 (wot). Compare App-132. UNTO. to. MYSTERY. See App-193. HATH. Omit. PURPOSED. Greek. _protithemi._ See Romans 1:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT IN. Greek. _eis_. App-104. DISPENSATION. Greek. _oikonomia._ See 1 Corinthians 9:17. FULNESS. Greek. _pleroma_. First occurance: Matthew 9:16. HE MIGHT GATHER TOGETHER IN ONE. to sum up (literally: "head up"). Greek. _anakephalaioomai._ See Romans 13:9. The verb in this place being in Mid. v... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE. Omit. OBTAINED AN INHERITANCE. Greek. _kleroomai._ Only here. BEING. having been. PURPOSE. Greek. _prothesis._ See Romans 8:28. WORKETH. Greek. _energeo._ See 1 Corinthians 12:6. AFTER. Greek. _kata._ App-104. COUNSEL. App-102.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT. To the end that. Greek. _eis._ App-104. FIRST TRUSTED. have before hoped. Greek. _proelpizo._ Only here. The "we" being the saved members of the Pentecostal church closed by the judgment pronouncement of Acts 28:25; Acts 28:28 (see Longer Note, p. 1694).... [ Continue Reading ]
IN WHOM, &C. The Ellipsis (App-6) should be supplied from the subject of Ephesians 1:11. In (Greek. _en)_ Whom ye were made an inheritance also; or, allotted as God's own inheritance. AFTER, &C. = having heard. See Ephesians 1:5. WORD OF TRUTH. The Word always the instrument of the new begetting.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH... POSSESSION. In parenthesis. THE EARNEST. a pledge. See 2 Corinthians 1:22. The gift of the new nature (spirit) is. pledge of God's future gifts _in th_. _same kind,_ thus differing from any ordinary pledge. Compare 1 Peter 1:4. INHERITANCE. Greek. _kleronomia._ See Acts 20:32. Compare our... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE. on account of this. Greek. _dia_ (App-104.Ephesians 1:2; Ephesians 1:2) _touto._ AFTER I. having. YOUR. among (Greek. _kata_. App-104.) you. FAITH. App-150. THE LORD JESUS. i.e. Jesus (App-98.) as Lord (App-98. A). See Romans 10:9. LOVE. App-135.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE THANKS. Greek. _eucharisteo._ First occurance: Matthew 15:36. With its noun and adjective occuring fifty-five times (thirty-eight in Paul's Epp.) See App-10. MAKING MENTION, &C. See Romans 1:9. In. papyrus of second century A.D. the mention of assurance of intercession for. sister in the same... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT. In order that. Greek. _hina_. FATHER OF GLORY. Compare 1 Corinthians 2:8. FATHER. See App-98. UNTO. to. THE SPIRIT. a spirit. App-101. REVELATION. App-106. KNOWLEDGE. App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDERSTANDING. mind. Compare Matthew 22:37. &c. Greek. _dianoia,_ but the texts read _kardia,_ heart. BEING. having been. THAT. Greek. _eis_. See Ephesians 1:12. KNOW. App-132. THE HOPE OF HIS CALLING. i.e. to the _sonship, Ephesians 1:4_. our acceptance as sons in the "Beloved" (Son). Compare G... [ Continue Reading ]
EXCEEDING. surpassing. See 2 Corinthians 3:10; 2 Corinthians 9:14. GREATNESS. Greek. _megethos._ Only here. POWER. App-172. BELIEVE. App-150. ACCORDING TO... ALL IN ALL. Parenthetic (Figure of speech _Parembole._ App-6), the main argument being continued in Ephesians 2:1, which should read, "Eve... [ Continue Reading ]
WROUGHT. Greek. _energeo_, as in Ephesians 1:11. WHEN HE RAISED. having raised. App-178. FROM THE DEAD. App-139. SET. sat. Compare Mark 16:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAR ABOVE. Greek. _huperano._ Here; Ephesians 4:10; Hebrews 9:5 ALL. every. principality. Greek. _arche_. See Romans 8:38, and App-172. POWER. App-172. MIGHT. power. Greek. _dunamis,_ Ephesians 1:19. DOMINION. Greek. _kuriotes._ Here, Col 1:16. 2 Peter 2:10; Jude 1:8. WORLD. App-129. ALSO, &C.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH. Omit. PUT, &C. Compare 1 Corinthians 15:27. UNDER. App-104. THE. Omit. OVER. App-104. CHURCH. App-186. Here, the "church" of the Mystery. In these verses: note the sevenfold (App-10) Headship of the Lord, above (1) all principality, (2) power, (3) might, (4) dominion, (5) every name, (6)... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS BODY Compare Ephesians 3:5; Ephesians 3:6. FULNESS. See Ephesians 1:10. His members "fill up" the body of Christ, and the body of Christ fills up and completes "the dispensation of the fulness of the times". The apostle adopts the term used by the Gnostics, _pleroma_ (Colossians 2:9; Colossians... [ Continue Reading ]