Ephesians 1:17

1:17 I pray that ¹  the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ²  may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation ³  in your growing knowledge of him, ⁴ 

Ephesians 2:7

2:7 to demonstrate in the coming ages ⁵  the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward ⁶  us in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:14

2:14 For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one ⁷  and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,

Ephesians 3:5

3:5 Now this secret ⁸  was not disclosed to people ⁹  in former ¹⁰  generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by ¹¹  the Spirit,

Ephesians 3:7

3:7 I became a servant of this gospel ¹²  according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by ¹³  the exercise of his power. ¹⁴ 

Ephesians 3:21

3:21 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 4:17

Live in Holiness

4:17 So I say this, and insist ¹⁵  in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility ¹⁶  of their thinking. ¹⁷ 

Ephesians 5:25

5:25 Husbands, love your ¹⁸  wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Ephesians 5:27

5:27 so that he ¹⁹  may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. ²⁰ 

Ephesians 5:29

5:29 For no one has ever hated his own body ²¹  but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

Ephesians 5:31

5:31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become ²²  one flesh. ²³ 

Ephesians 6:18

6:18 With every prayer and petition, pray ²⁴  at all times in the Spirit, and to this end ²⁵  be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

Ephesians 6:22

6:22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our circumstances ²⁶  and that he may encourage your hearts.

[1:17]  ¹ tn The words “I pray” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied to clarify the meaning; v. 17 is a subordinate clause to v. 16 (“I pray” in v. 17 is implied from v. 16). Eph 1:15-23 constitutes one sentence in Greek, but a new sentence was started here in the translation in light of contemporary English usage.

[1:17]  ² tn Or “glorious Father.” The genitive phrase “of glory” is most likely an attributive genitive. The literal translation “Father of glory” has been retained because of the parallelism with the first line of the verse: “the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory.”

[1:17]  ³ tn Or “the Spirit of wisdom and revelation,” or “a spirit of wisdom and revelation.” Verse 17 involves a complex exegetical problem revolving around the Greek term πνεῦμα (pneuma). Some take it to mean “the Spirit,” others “a spirit,” and still others “spiritual.” (1) If “the Spirit” is meant, the idea must be a metonymy of cause for effect, because the author had just indicated in vv. 13-14 that the Spirit was already given (hence, there is no need for him to pray that he be given again). But the effect of the Spirit is wisdom and revelation. (2) If “a spirit” is meant, the idea may be that the readers will have the ability to gain wisdom and insight as they read Paul’s letters, but the exact meaning of “a spirit” remains ambiguous. (3) To take the genitives following πνεῦμα as attributed genitives (see ExSyn 89-91), in which the head noun (“S/spirit”) functions semantically like an adjective (“spiritual”) is both grammatically probable and exegetically consistent.

[1:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “in the knowledge of him.”

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Or possibly “to the Aeons who are about to come.”

[2:7]  ⁶ tn Or “upon.”

[2:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “who made the both one.”

[3:5]  ¹³ tn Grk “which.” Verse 5 is technically a relative clause, subordinate to the thought of v. 4.

[3:5]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the sons of men” (a Semitic idiom referring to human beings, hence, “people”).

[3:5]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “other.”

[3:5]  ¹⁶ tn Or “in.”

[3:7]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “of which I was made a minister,” “of which I became a servant.”

[3:7]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “according to.”

[3:7]  ¹⁹ sn On the exercise of his power see 1:19-20.

[4:17]  ²¹ tn On the translation of μαρτύρομαι (marturomai) as “insist” see BDAG 619 s.v. 2.

[4:17]  ²² tn On the translation of ματαιότης (mataioth") as “futility” see BDAG 621 s.v.

[4:17]  ²³ tn Or “thoughts,” “mind.”

[5:25]  ²⁵ tn The Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[5:27]  ²⁹ tn The use of the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is intensive and focuses attention on Christ as the one who has made the church glorious.

[5:27]  ³⁰ tn Grk “but in order that it may be holy and blameless.”

[5:29]  ³³ tn Grk “flesh.”

[5:31]  ³⁷ tn Grk “the two shall be as one flesh.”

[5:31]  ³⁸ sn A quotation from Gen 2:24.

[6:18]  ⁴¹ tn Both “pray” and “be alert” are participles in the Greek text (“praying…being alert”). Both are probably instrumental, loosely connected with all of the preceding instructions. As such, they are not additional commands to do but instead are the means through which the prior instructions are accomplished.

[6:18]  ⁴² tn Grk “and toward it.”

[6:22]  ⁴⁵ tn Grk “the things concerning us.”