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Ephesians 1:15–23

15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Separated Yet Connected

Through Truth

The Gospel had been preached to the people of Ephesus. There is made obvious by the statement in v 15, “your faith in the Lord Jesus.”

John 17:17 AV 1873

17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

John 5:39 AV 1873

39 Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Romans 1:16 AV 1873

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

2 Timothy 3:15 AV 1873

15 and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Romans 10:17 AV 1873

17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Through Faith

Hebrews 11:1 AV 1873

1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

The word faith is the word pistis and it gives the sense of a reliance upon and trust in God. This is a central emphasis of Christianity

v 18 states that those that have put their faith in Christ have a “hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.” The word hope is elips and means a confidence in something a person has placed their faith in.

Hebrews 11:6 AV 1873

6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Galatians 2:16 AV 1873

16 knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Galatians 3:26 AV 1873

26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Through Prayer

For the spirit of wisdom

For the spirit of revelation

For the spirit of the knowledge of Him.