Ephesians 1:15
What meaning of the ephesians 1:15 in the Bible?
What does Ephesians 1:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,"
What does Ephesians 1:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,"
EPHESIANS 1:15 kai. th.n avga,phn th.n eivj pa,ntaj tou.j a`gi,ouj {B} The shorter reading kai. th.n eivj pa,ntaj tou.j a`gi,ouj (î46 a* B P 33 1739 _al_) appears to be the result of an accident in t...
Verse 15. _FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS_] Cordial reception of the Christian religion, amply proved by their _love to all the_ _saints_-to all the _Christians_. Perhaps _love_ here implies, not only the ki...
WHEREFORE, I ALSO, AFTER I HEARD OF YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS - This is one of the passages usually relied on by those who suppose that this Epistle was not written to the Ephesians. The argument i...
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 (E...
A PARAGRAPH OF PRAYER. The writer, who has been informed (by letter?) of the Christian faith and love of his correspondents, reciprocates their thanksgiving and prayers (Ephesians 1:15 f.); he beseech...
THE PURPOSE OF GOD (Ephesians 1:1-14)...
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 ...
Prayer, that the Saints may fully realize their Divine privileges and prospects in Christ 15. _Wherefore_, &c.. The Apostle now passes from the adoring view of Divine Redemption to prayer that its tr...
ΔΙᾺ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ. Because this is our true Christian position. ἈΚΟΎΣΑΣ. Cf. Colossians 1:4; Colossians 1:9, and (virtually) Romans 1:8. This language would be unnatural if the letter were exclusively addre...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ, _см._ Ephesians 1:13. _Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие, логически необходимое для выполнения действия основного гл.: "после того, как я услышал...
DISCOURSE: 2095 THE SPIRIT’S INFLUENCES AS A SPIRIT OF WISDOM Ephesians 1:15. _Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks...
_EPHESIANS 1:15_.— Having, in the foregoing verses, thanked God for the great favours and mercies which, from the beginning, he had purposed for the Gentiles under the Messiah, in such a description o...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 1:15-23) B. Paul's prayer for his readers-' enlightenment. Ephesians 1:15-23. 1. Basis of the prayer. Ephesians 1:15. a. The blessings of Ephesians 1:3-14...
(1:15,16) Faith, when given expression leads to an experience of rest. That experience occurs whenever a believer walks in confidence that God is working His best for all who are involved. Therefore,...
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, WHEREFORE - because ye are in Christ sealed by His Spirit (Ephesians 1:13). I ALSO - on my part, in...
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. Pau...
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 predestinatin...
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...
Διὰ τοῦτο κἀγώ : _For this cause I too_. διὰ τοῦτο might cover the contents of the entire preceding paragraph, pointing back to Ephesians 1:3 and indicating that in his thanksgiving to God, in behalf...
WHAT THE HEART MAY RECEIVE Ephesians 1:15 It is well to go over the successive links of this golden chain when we are in our secret chamber, appropriating them one by one and asking whether we have...
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...
Reason For Thanksgiving We have already seen that Paul worked among them and so knew of them firsthand. Perhaps he had not seen any of them since he saw the elders when he called them to Miletus (Act...
(17) Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, (17) He returns to the former account of the good received from God, concluding two things together...
_Wherefore....hearing of your constancy in the faith of Christ, and of your charitable love to all the saints, or faithful, I give always thanks to God; I pray that God may be more revealed to you, th...
(15) В¶ Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, (16) Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; (17) That the God of...
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...
15._Wherefore I also. _This thanksgiving was not simply an expression of his ardent love to the Ephesians. He congratulated them before God, that the opinion which he had formed respecting them was hi...
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,...
WHEREFORE I ALSO,.... As well as others: AFTER I HEARD OF YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS; who is the immediate object of faith, and a very proper and suitable one; having every thing in him that is agr...
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Ver. 15. _Your faith in the Lord Jesus_] Love is the fruit of faith, therefore the apostles pray for inc...
_Wherefore, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus_ That is, of your perseverance and increase therein. For the apostle's manner of speaking does not imply that he received by report an account...
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...
“FOR THIS CAUSE. ALSO, HAVING HEARD OF THE FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS WHICH IS AMONG YOU, AND THE LOVE WHICH YE SHOW TOWARD ALL THE SAINTS” “For this cause”: In view of all the blessings that God had be...
15-23 God has laid up spiritual blessings for us in his Son the Lord Jesus; but requires us to draw them out and fetch them in by prayer. Even the best Christians need to be prayed for: and while we...
AFTER I HEARD; he was an eye-witness of their first believing, but here he speaks of their increase and constancy in the faith since, of which he had heard by others. OF YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS;...
Ephesians 1:15 Therefore G1223 G5124 also G2504 heard G191 (G5660) of G2596 your G5209 faith G4102 in G1722 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 and G2532 love G26 for G1519 all G3956 saints G40 after - Colossians...
‘For this reason I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus that is among you, and which you show towards all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my pray...
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_ (Ep...
AND WHICH YE SHEW TOWARD ALL THE SAINTS (κα την εις παντας τους αγιους). The words "ye show" do not occur in the Greek. The Textus Receptus has τεν αγαπην (the love) before την supported by D G K L...
Ephesians 1:11 The Holy Spirit the Seal of God's Heritage and the Earnest of our Inheritance. I. In the early Church the access of the Spirit of God to a man was commonly associated with the mysteri...
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 ap...
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 THIS REASON. "Because the Spirit is the guarantee of our complete freedom." EVER SINCE. He says this to show that he is _aware_ of their faith and love....
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:15 Paul’s Prayer of Thanksgiving. This section, like vv. Ephesians 1:3, is a single sentence in the original Greek. Paul prays that the church will gain deep insight into...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 1:15.—St. Paul is always ready to give a prompt acknowledgment of all that is best in his readers and to pray for something better. CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 1:1, EPHESIANS 1:2 ADDRESS AND SALUTATION. EPHESIANS 1:1 PAUL AN APOSTLE OF CHRIST JESUS. Paul's one but all-sufficient claim on the Ephesians is his relation to Christ: he i...
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 John 3:17; 1 John 4:21; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 Timothy 1:14; 1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Colossians 1:3;...
Your faith [τ η ν κ α θ υ μ α ς π ι σ τ ι ν]. The Greek phrase is nowhere else used by Paul. Lit., as Rev., the faith which is among you. Expositors endeavor to make a distinction between this and Pau...
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN EPHESIANS Ephesians 1:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are distinct lines of teaching relative to the Holy Spirit in several of Paul's Epistles. The Book of Ephesians has seven outsta...
Since I heard of your faith and love — That is, of their perseverance and increase therein....
Observe here, 1. The special duties which St. Paul performed on the behalf of these Ephesians: he gave thanks for them, he prayed for them, and both without ceasing. I CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS FOR YOU...