エペソ人への手紙 1:15-2:6 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 1:15-23

Prayer for spiritual growth. General characteristics of Paul's prayers (see Exposition, Ephesians 1:16 ). The prayer is I. RETROSPECTIVE . Consists of thanksgiving ( Ephesians 1:16 ). Happy key-note for prayer. II. PROSPECTIVE . Of supplication. Here we may note: 1. The name by which God is invoked ( Ephesians 1:17 ; see Exposition). 2. The blessing sought, viz. further illumination in the knowledge of God's will. 3. The points needing to be more fully... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 1:15-23

Paul's first prayer for the Ephesians. Having spoken of the inspiration of the adopted children, the apostle proceeds next to his first prayer on their behalf. He has a still more remarkable prayer in Ephesians 3:1-21 ., but the present one is most instructive too. It begins, as usual, with thanksgiving for the faith towards the Lord Jesus, and love to all the saints which the Ephesians cherish. This need not detain us, but we may at once proceed to the substance of his petition for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 1:15-23

Prayer for the Ephesians. I. FOUNDED ON INFORMATION . 1. Regarding their faith . "For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you." He had already more than once referred to their Christian faith; he refers to it now as ground for his prayer on their behalf. We are to pray for "all men," even for unbelievers; but whoever through faith are admitted into the same Christian circle, claim a special interest in our prayers. 2. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 1:15-23

Apostolic philanthropy. "Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 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: 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... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 1:15

Wherefore, I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus - This is one of the passages usually relied on by those who suppose that this Epistle was not written to the Ephesians. The argument is, that he writes to them as if they were strangers to him, and that it is not language such as would be used in addressing a people among whom he had spent three years; see the introduction, section 5. But this inference is not conclusive. Paul had been some years absent from Ephesus when this... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 1:15-17

Ephesians 1:15-17. Wherefore, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus That is, of your perseverance and increase therein. For the apostle’s manner of speaking does not imply that he received by report an account of their first believing in the Lord Jesus, and therefore that he wrote this epistle to them before he had been at Ephesus in person, or was personally acquainted with them. He wrote in the same terms to the Thessalonians, who were his converts, (1 Thessalonians 3:4; 1... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:15-23

A prayer for understanding (1:15-23)Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians combines thanksgiving and praise with requests offered in true faith. Paul knows they are converts from paganism, but he expects them to develop a mature understanding of Christianity. He is not content that they should have a few basic Christian beliefs. He wants them to have true wisdom, based on a proper knowledge of God and a clear understanding of all the riches that are theirs through Christ, both in this world and in the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 1:15

Wherefore = on account of this. Greek. dia ( App-104 .Ephesians 1:2; Ephesians 1:2 ) touto. after I = having. your = among (Greek. kata . App-104 .) you. faith . App-150 . the Lord Jesus . i.e. Jesus ( App-98 .) as Lord ( App-98 . A). See Romans 10:9 . love . App-135 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 1:15

For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which ye show to all the saints.Heard of the faith ... among you ... Beare said this is "fiction, and not specific," and tried to prove it by a distorted quotation, or paraphrase, "The saints who are faithful (Ephesians 1:1) have faith!"[27] His words are cited here not as any worthy testimony whatever against this letter, but as a clear demonstration of the partial, warped, biased and prejudiced... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 1:15

Ephesians 1:15.— Having, in the foregoing verses, thanked God for the great favours and mercies which, from the beginning, he had purposed for the Gentiles under the Messiah, in such a description of that design of the Almighty as was fit to raise their thoughts above the law; having taken notice of their standing firm in the faith which he had taught them, and thanked God for it;—the Apostle here goes on to intreat of God that he would enlighten the minds of the Ephesian converts, to see fully... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 1:15-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 1:15-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 1:15-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 1:15-23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 1:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 1:15-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:15-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 1:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 1:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 1:15

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