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Text -- Ephesians 1:1-20 (NET)
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Salutation
1:1 From Paul , an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God , to the saints in Ephesus , the faithful in Christ Jesus .
1:2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ !
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
1:3 Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ .
1:4 For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love .
1:5 He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ , according to the pleasure of his will –
1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood , the forgiveness of our trespasses , according to the riches of his grace
1:8 that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight .
1:9 He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will , according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ ,
1:10 toward the administration of the fullness of the times , to head up all things in Christ – the things in heaven and the things on earth .
1:11 In Christ we too have been claimed as God’s own possession , since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
1:12 so that we , who were the first to set our hope on Christ , would be to the praise of his glory .
1:13 And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation )– when you believed in Christ– you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit ,
1:14 who is the down payment of our inheritance , until the redemption of God’s own possession , to the praise of his glory .
Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation
1:15 For this reason , because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints ,
1:16 I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember remember you in my prayers .
1:17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ , the Father of glory , may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him ,
1:18 –since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened – so that you may know what is the hope of his calling , what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints ,
1:19 and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe , as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength .
1:20 This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Salvation |
Atonement |
God |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V |
EPHESIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Intercession |
Jesus, The Christ |
Ephesians, Epistle to |
Predestination |
Inheritance |
Grace of God |
Righteous |
Hope |
Faith |
Election of Grace |
Earnest |
BIBLE, THE, V INSPIRATION |
FOREKNOW; FOREKNOWLEDGE |
Holy Spirit |
Wisdom |
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NET Notes -> Eph 1:1; Eph 1:1; Eph 1:1; Eph 1:1; Eph 1:2; Eph 1:3; Eph 1:3; Eph 1:3; Eph 1:4; Eph 1:4; Eph 1:4; Eph 1:4; Eph 1:4; Eph 1:5; Eph 1:5; Eph 1:5; Eph 1:5; Eph 1:5; Eph 1:5; Eph 1:6; Eph 1:6; Eph 1:6; Eph 1:7; Eph 1:7; Eph 1:9; Eph 1:9; Eph 1:9; Eph 1:9; Eph 1:9; Eph 1:10; Eph 1:10; Eph 1:10; Eph 1:11; Eph 1:11; Eph 1:11; Eph 1:12; Eph 1:12; Eph 1:13; Eph 1:13; Eph 1:13; Eph 1:13; Eph 1:14; Eph 1:14; Eph 1:14; Eph 1:15; Eph 1:15; Eph 1:15; Eph 1:15; Eph 1:16; Eph 1:17; Eph 1:17; Eph 1:17; Eph 1:17; Eph 1:17; Eph 1:18; Eph 1:18; Eph 1:18; Eph 1:18; Eph 1:18; Eph 1:18; Eph 1:19; Eph 1:19; Eph 1:19; Eph 1:19; Eph 1:19; Eph 1:20; Eph 1:20; Eph 1:20; Eph 1:20; Eph 1:20
NET Notes: Eph 1:1 Grk “and faithful.” The construction in Greek (as well as Paul’s style [and even if this letter is not by Paul it follows the genera...
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NET Notes: Eph 1:4 The prepositional phrase ἐν ἀγάπῃ (en agaph, “in love”) may modify one of three words or phrases: (1...
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NET Notes: Eph 1:6 God’s grace can be poured out on believers only because of what Christ has done for them. Hence, he bestows his grace on us because we are in hi...
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NET Notes: Eph 1:7 In this context his blood, the blood of Jesus Christ, refers to the price paid for believers’ redemption, which is the sacrificial death of Chri...
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NET Notes: Eph 1:9 In Christ. KJV has “in himself” as though the antecedent were God the Father. Although possible, the notion of the verb set forth (Greek &...
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NET Notes: Eph 1:10 And the things on earth. Verse 10 ends with “in him.” The redundancy keeps the focus on Christ at the expense of good Greek style. Verse 1...
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NET Notes: Eph 1:11 God’s own possession. Although God is not mentioned explicitly in the Greek text, it is clear from the context that he has chosen believers for ...
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NET Notes: Eph 1:15 Ì46 א* A B P 33 1739 1881 2464 Hier lack “your love” (τὴν ἀγάπην, thn agaphn), w...
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NET Notes: Eph 1:17 The point of the knowledge of him has nothing to do with what God knows, but with what believers are to know (hence, “your…knowledge”...
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NET Notes: Eph 1:18 Grk “of the glory of his inheritance.” Here “inheritance” is taken as an attributed genitive and the head noun, “glory,&...
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NET Notes: Eph 1:19 What has been translated as exercise is a term used only of supernatural power in the NT, ἐνέργεια (energeia)...
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