Ephesians 1:1-6 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ephesians 1:1-2

Here is, 1. The title St. Paul takes to himself, as belonging to him?Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, etc. He reckoned it a great honour to be employed by Christ, as one of his messengers to the sons of men. The apostles were prime officers in the Christian church, being extraordinary ministers appointed for a time only. They were furnished by their great Lord with extraordinary gifts and the immediate assistance of the Spirit, that they might be fitted for publishing and spreading the gospel... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ephesians 1:3-14

He begins with thanksgivings and praise, and enlarges with a great deal of fluency and copiousness of affection upon the exceedingly great and precious benefits which we enjoy by Jesus Christ. For the great privileges of our religion are very aptly recounted and enlarged upon in our praises to God. I. In general he blesses God for spiritual blessings, Eph. 1:3; where he styles him the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; for, as Mediator, the Father was his God; as God, and the second... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Ephesians 1:1-14

1:1-14 This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, to God's consecrated people who live in Ephesus and who are faithful in Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings which are only to be found in heaven, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we might be holy and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God ,.... See Gill on Romans 1:1 . See Gill on 1 Corinthians 1:1 . See Gill on 2 Corinthians 1:1 . See Gill on Galatians 1:1 . To the saints which are at Ephesus ; of this place, see the note above upon the title of the epistle, and See Gill on Acts 18:19 . The persons residing there, to whom the epistle is written, are described by their character, as "saints"; being separated by the grace of God the Father in eternal election;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:2

Grace be to you, and peace from God ,.... See Gill on Romans 1:7 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ,.... God, the first person in the Trinity, is the God of Christ, as Christ is man and Mediator; he chose and appointed him to be the Mediator, and made a covenant with him as such; he formed and prepared an human nature for him, and anointed it with the Holy Ghost above measure, and supported it under all his trials and sufferings, and at last glorified it: and Christ, as man, prayed to him as his God, believed, hoped, and trusted in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:4

According as he hath chosen us in him ,.... This choice cannot be understood of a national one, as Israel of old were chosen by the Lord; for the persons the apostle writes to were not a nation; nor does he address all the inhabitants of Ephesus, only the saints and faithful in Christ that resided there; nor are they all intended here, if any of them. However, not they only, since the apostle includes himself, and perhaps some others, who did not belong to that place, nor were of that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:5

Having predestinated us ,.... Predestination, taken in a large sense, includes both election and reprobation, and even reaches to all affairs and occurrences in the world; to the persons, lives, and circumstances of men; to all mercies, temporal or spiritual; and to all afflictions, whether in love or in wrath: and indeed providence, or the dispensations of providence, are no other than the execution of divine predestination; but here it is the same with election, and is concerned with the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:6

To the praise of the glory of his grace ,.... The grace of God manifestly appears in the predestination of men to adoption; in that God had no need of sons, he having a dear and well beloved one; in whom he is well pleased; and in that those he adopts are so unworthy of the relation; and in that men, and not angels, should be taken by him into his family; and that some, and not others of the same race; and that this should be before the world was; and in providing Christ as a Redeemer, to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 1:1

To the saints which are at Ephesus - As some learned men think that this epistle was written to the Church of the Laodiceans, and that the words εν Εφεσῳ , in Ephesus, were not originally in this epistle, the consideration of the subject has appeared to be more proper for the preface; and to that the reader is referred for a particular discussion of this opinion. By the term saints we are to understand those who in that place professed Christianity, and were members of the Christian... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ephesians 1:1-2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ephesians 1:3-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Ephesians 1:1-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 1:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 1:1

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