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Text -- Ephesians 1:11-23 (NET)
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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
1:21 far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named , not only in this age but also in the one to come .
1:22 And God put all things under Christ’s feet , and he gave him to the church as head over all things .
1:23 Now the church is his body , the fullness of him who fills all in all .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Salvation |
Intercession |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V |
Ephesians, Epistle to |
Atonement |
Inheritance |
Hope |
Philippians, Epistle to |
God |
Jesus, The Christ |
Faith |
EPHESIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
CHRIST, THE EXALTATION OF |
Power |
Earnest |
Holy Spirit |
Gospel |
Wisdom |
PAULINE THEOLOGY |
Church |
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NET Notes -> 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; Eph 1:22; Eph 1:22; Eph 1:22; Eph 1:22; Eph 1:22; Eph 1:23; Eph 1:23; Eph 1:23
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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NET Notes: Eph 1:20 Eph 1:19-20. The point made in these verses is that the power required to live a life pleasing to God is the same power that raised Christ from the de...
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