Ephesians 3:14
What meaning of the ephesians 3:14 in the Bible?
What does Ephesians 3:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,"
What does Ephesians 3:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,"
EPHESIANS 3:14 pate,ra {B} After pate,ra, read by î46 a* A B C P 33 81 1739 syrpal copsa, bo eth _al,_ a variety of Western and Byzantine witnesses add the words tou/ kuri,ou h`mw/n VIhsou/ Cristou/...
Verse 14. _FOR THIS CAUSE I BOW MY KNEES_] That you may not faint, but persevere, I frequently pray to God, who is our God and the Father of our Lord Jesus. Some very ancient and excellent MSS. and _...
FOR THIS CAUSE - Some suppose that this is a resumption of what he had commenced saying in Ephesians 3:1, but which had been interrupted by a long parenthesis. So Bloomfield explains it. But it seems...
3. THE MYSTERY MADE KNOWN Chapter S 2:11-3:21 _ 1. The condition of the Gentiles (Ephesians 2:11)_ 2. But now in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:13) 3. The new and great relationship (Ephesians 2:19) 4...
THE WRITER'S PRAYER FOR HIS READERS. Kneeling, in a very ecstasy of prayer, before the Father who is the source and prototype of all fatherly relationship whether on earth or in heaven, the writer pra...
PRISON AND PRIVILEGES (Ephesians 3:1-13) To understand the connection of thought in this passage it has to be noted that Ephesians 3:2-13 are one long parenthesis. The for this cause of Ephesians 3:1...
This verse going back to the subject of Ephesians 3:1 is Figure of speech _Anachoresis_ App-6. FATHER. App-98. OF... CHRIST. The texts omit....
The main theme resumed: prayer for the Indwelling of Christ 14. _For this cause_ The same phrase as that of Ephesians 3:1. See note there. Here the broken connexion is resumed. The "permanent habitati...
Ephesians 2:15. ΚΑΤΑΡΓΉΣΑΣ אAB &c. καταρτίσας D*. Ephesians 2:21. ΠΑ͂ΣΑ ΟἸΚΟΔΟΜῊ א*BDG _al_ Clem Orig Chrys. πᾶσα ἡ οἰκ. א*ACP _al mult_. Ephesians 3:5. Τ. ἉΓΊΟΙΣ�. ΠΡΟΦΉΤΑΙΣ אAC &c. Orig. τ. ἁγίοις...
ΚΆΜΠΤΩ _praes. ind. act._ (G2578) кланяться. ΓΌΝΑΤΑ _асс. pl. от_ ΓΌΝΩ (G1119) колено. О преклонении колен в молитве _см._ Barth....
DISCOURSE: 2104 PRAYER THE MEANS OF THE RICHEST BLESSINGS Ephesians 3:14. _For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is name...
UNTO THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,— In the foregoing chapter, Ephesians 3:19. St. Paul tells the Ephesians, that now they believe in Christ, they are no longer _strangers_ and _foreigners,_ but...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 3:1-19) E. Paul's prayer for our strengthening. Ephesians 3:1-19. 1. Beginning of prayer. Ephesians 3:1. 2. Parenthetical Paul's ministry of the mystery o...
Stage One--The focus of our adoration is God the Father....
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, FOR THIS CAUSE - resuming Ephesians 3:1, "For this cause." Because ye are so loved and favoured by God. BOW MY KNEES - the...
__ Summary of the Present Grace 2 The present secret administration of which there is no hint in any Scriptures before this epistle was penned, consists essentially of three separate items, all of w...
3:14 Christ], (f-15) Many reject the words 'of our Lord Jesus Christ.' But as they are well supported by manuscripts and the most ancient versions and fathers I have not struck them out, though dispos...
REASONS FOR RENEWING THE PRAYER FOR WISDOM 1-13. A digression, which, however, could not be spared. As in Ephesians 1:15, he begins to speak of himself, and this time he explains his unique interest...
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 3 3:1-13 ~ GOD HAS MADE HIS SECRET KNOWN 3:1-6 ~ GOD MADE HIS SECRET KNOWN TO PAUL V1 For this reason...
UNTO THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. — The words “of our Lord Jesus Christ” appear, by both external and internal evidence, to be an interpolation — probably from a gloss indicating (in the true...
CHAPTER 14 PRAYER AND PRAISE. THE COMPREHENSION OF CHRIST Ephesians 3:14 IN Ephesians 3:14 the prayer is resumed which the apostle was about to offer at the beginning of the chapter, when the curren...
τούτου χάριν : _for this cause_. The sentence begun at Ephesians 3:1 and interrupted at Ephesians 3:2 is now taken up again. The τούτου χάριν, therefore, refers to the great statement of privilege in...
THE GREATEST OF ALL DESIRES Ephesians 3:14 The kernel of this prayer is in the clause that Christ may make His home in the believer's heart through faith. The previous petitions lead up to this. Not...
God's dwelling in the Church is not finality. It is equipment for the fulfillment of the divine purpose. The apostle claims a stewardship in the mystery of the Church, and declares the astounding fact...
An Introduction to Paul's Prayer In 3:14, Paul resumes the approach to God's throne which he had begun in Ephesians 3:1. The things that caused him to bow in prayer are primarily found in chapter 2....
(3) For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (3) He teaches by his own example that the efficacy of the doctrine depends upon the grace of God, and therefore we ought t...
For this cause I pray and bow my knees to the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom all paternity (or fatherhood[5]) in heaven an dearth is named. The Greek word oftentimes signifies a fami...
(13) Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. (14) В¶ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (15) Of whom the whole family...
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...
Equality in Christ I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week, in Chapter 2 of Ephesians we took a look at the Lord's "Never Ending Grace." 1. And although the Apostle Paul was speaking specifically to Gentiles,...
14._For this cause. _His prayers for them are mentioned, not only to testify his regard for them, but likewise to excite them to pray in the same manner; for the seed of the word is scattered in vain,...
The whole of Chapter 3 is a parenthesis unfolding the mystery; and presenting at the same time, in the prayer that concludes it, the second character of God set before us at the beginning of the epist...
FOR THIS CAUSE I BOW MY KNEES UNTO THE FATHER,.... That is, pray unto him for the perseverance of the saints; for nothing is more desirable to the ministers of Christ than that; which is the pure gift...
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Ver. 14. _For this cause_] _sc._ That ye faint not, but gather strength. _ I bow my knees_] A most seemly and suitable gesture...
_Wherefore_ Since by my ministry you have been called to the fellowship of the gospel; _I desire that ye faint not_ Be not discouraged or disheartened; _at my tribulations for_ preaching the gospel to...
FOR THIS CAUSE; see note to verse Ephesians 3:1....
FOR THIS CAUSE I BOW MY KNEES UNTO THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,...
THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST REVEALED (vs.1-13) "For this cause" -- because of the marvelous greatness of the work God had accomplished for and in His saints -- Paul preached "the unsearchable riches of Ch...
CHAPTER 3 Paul describes himself as: The ____________ of Jesus Christ For the ____________. We are living in the _________________ of the grace of God. A dispensation is a period of _______ given...
“FOR THIS CAUSE. BOW MY KNEES UNTO THE FATHER”. “For this cause”: “With this in mind” (Knox). (Ephesians 1:15; Ephesians 3:1). Here Paul is “resuming his train of thought where he had left it in verse...
13-19 The apostle seems to be more anxious lest the believers should be discouraged and faint upon his tribulations, than for what he himself had to bear. He asks for spiritual blessings, which are t...
FOR THIS CAUSE; this may be referred either to the former verse: _\EPHESIANS 3:13\ For this cause, _ viz. _that ye faint not, _ & c.; or rather to the 1st verse, _\EPHESIANS 3:1\_ the apostle here res...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI But the self-love of the Greeks proclaims certain men as their teachers. As, then, the whole family runs back to God the Creator;[108] Tertullian On Repentance...
Ephesians 3:14 this G5127 reason G5484 bow G2578 (G5719) my G3450 knees G1119 to G4314 Father G3962 our G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 I - Ephesians 1:16-19; 1 Kings 8:54,...
‘For this reason I bow my knees to the Father from whom every Fatherhood in Heaven and on earth is named, that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened wit...
Ephesians 3:14. FOR THIS CAUSE. On the resumption and connection, see last section. I BOW MY KNEES. So Philippians 2:10. The full form is rhetorical. The reference is not to the actual bending of th...
I BOW MY KNEES (καμπτω τα γονατα μου). He now prays whether he had at first intended to do so at Ephesians 3:1 or not. Calvin supposes that Paul knelt as he dictated this prayer, but this is not nec...
Ephesians 3:14 One Family in Heaven and Earth. Of God, the universal Father, the whole family in heaven and earth is named. He is Father to them all. They all feel the comfort of His love. And we ma...
CONTENTS: Church, a mystery hidden in past ages. Prayer for inner fullness and knowledge. CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The divine purpose to make of both Jew and Gentile a...
Ephesians 3:1. _Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ._ He was indeed the prisoner of Caesar, but a greater than Cæsar had said to him in the castle at Jerusalem, “Be of good cheer, Paul, for as thou has...
FOR THIS REASON. "Because of the great privileges God offers to all of us including you Gentiles, and because I do not want you to be discouraged by the things I am suffering, I fall on my knees befor...
_For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named._ A PATTERN OF PRAYER The worldly proverb is, “Every man for himself an...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 3:14 Paul’s Prayer for Strength and Insight. Paul prays that his readers would be strong in their faith (vv. Ephesians 3:14). He concludes with words of praise to God (vv....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 3:15. THE WHOLE FAMILY.—R.V. “every family.” The word for “family” is only found in the New Testament in St. Luke 2:4 and Acts 3:25; in one translated “line...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 3:1 DIGRESSION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE GENTILES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. EPHESIANS 3:1 FOR THIS CAUSE. The reference is not merely to the last statement or illustration, but to...
Let's turn to the third chapter of Ephesians. For this cause [Paul said] I, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles (Ephesians 3:1), It is interesting that Paul was actually a prisoner of Rome,...
1 Kings 19:18; 1 Kings 8:54; 2 Chronicles 6:13; Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5; Acts 7:60; Acts 9:40; Daniel 6:10; Ephesians 1:16; Ephesians 1:3;...
For this cause. Resuming the interrupted clause in ver. 1, and having still in mind the closing thought of ch. 2. Seeing ye are so built together in Christ, for this cause, etc. Father. Omit of our L...
Our apostle having exhorted the Ephesians in the foregoing verse, not to faint at his tribulation for the gospel, here he puts up. most affectionate prayer to God for them on the same account: FOR THI...