Thanking God for the Evidence of His Grace Upon His People Ephesians 1:15-23

In his prayer of thanksgiving and intercession to the church in Ephesus, Paul expresses gratitude to God for the Ephesian believers, and he prays for them to grow in their knowledge of God and their awareness of all they have in Christ, who is sovereign over all nations.

I. Thank God for Evidence of Grace in His People (1:15–16)

II. Ask God for Divine Illumination (1:17–20).

A. To know God better (1:17b)

B. To know the blessings of the gospel better (1:18–20a)

1. Hope (1:18a)

2. Inheritance (1:18b)

3. Power (1:19–20a)

III. Praise God for His Exaltation of Christ (1:20–23).

A. Christ’s resurrection (1:20a)

B. Christ’s enthronement (1:20b)

C. Christ’s supremacy (1:21–22a)

D. Christ’s headship (1:22b–23)